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    • Drying washing in the Sun on a line.
    Rights: 123RF Limited Published 29 July 2008 Size: 45 KB Referencing Hub media

    Drying washing in the Sun helps to protect us from infection because some of the bacteria present in the washing are inactivated by exposure to UVB.

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