I received
a health warning text message on my cellphone yesterday (Monday, June 04) from
one of my close friends, terming June 05 (Tuesday) as the ‘Heaviest Sunny Day on Earth’, which
can cause skin and eye diseases. The same kind of messages are spreading also
on Facebook and other social networks.
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| Facebook/Text Message Health Warning Reality: June 05 as Heaviest Sunny Day Causing Skin and Eye Diseases |
The
message reads like below:
‘Save
your family and yourself 5th June 2012…the worldz heaviest sunny day
on earth..please be careful with eyes and skin disease. Aware other and save
lives. The Civil Defence has given notice that within the next few weeks
temperature will go up to as high as 50 degree Celsius.
All employees who drive, whether company vehicle or company
owned vehicles, are advised NOT to fill their gasoline tank to maximum. The
high temperature can overheat your gasoline tank. This memo serves only as a
reminder and precaution for everyone. Please take care and inform your friends
and family.’
Many
people have started receiving the text messages about so-called –heaviest sunny
day and they kept on forwarding such messages without confirming the
authenticity of the source.
The
message is totally baseless in terms of warnings associated with the excessive
hot temperature like skin, eye disease and overheating the gasoline tank.
After a
thorough research and search it was found that such warnings, whether spreading
through text messages or as Facebook posting, don’t bear any credibility and
the same has been concluded by Director General Pakistan Meteorological
Department (PMD) Arif Mahmood.
He
termed the assumption of Heaviest Sunny Day on June 5 (Tuesday) as a rumor and
asked citizens not to fear of going outside their homes.
According
to APP report quoting DG MET, “Assumption of June 5 as a Heaviest Sunny Day on
Earth is not scientifically proved and it is not necessary that temperature
rise on this specific day. Temperature can rise any day during the month of
June, July and August”.
DG MET
Arif Mehmood further told that there is no doubt about the
present June days being the longest hot days of summer but a sudden rise in
temperature reaching 50 degree
Celsius can neither be calculated nor predicted.
Report Tags: June 05, Heaviest Sunny Day, Heaviest Sunny Day Warning,
Health Warning, Health Warning Hoax, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Eye disease, Skin
Cancer, Fake health Warning, Arif Mehmood,
SOURCE:
http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=197109&Itemid=53
2 comments:
I would imagine being more revealed to the outside elements
during a cold wintertime like the one we've had can lead to serious medical difficulties - but is there any scientific foundation for this proposition? If so, please give a link/source for your answer.. I'm talking about the UK but you can consider different nations with similar environments too..
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