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Sun Safety: Protecting Our Kids Against Skin Cancer

Submitted by Lindsay Barton on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 18:38.
Are parents doing enough to protect their children against skin cancer?
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Uniforms

Submitted by Betsy1968 on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 12:40.

I am in charge of buying new uniforms for our town wide sports. Can anyone tell me if you have found sun safe uniforms--the ones that filter the harmful rays. I have heard they are out there but can not find them. Thanks for any help.

Sports Sun screen

Submitted by Betsy1968 on Sun, 07/27/2008 - 14:59.

I am curious if the sports creams are truly protecting our kids? They all calim more than the regular (less costly) creams--is this true?

t's never too early to save

Submitted by jeffreyfrog on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 16:53.

t's never too early to save your skin - or your children's - from the sun. The sun produces invisible rays - ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) - that can cause short- and long-term skin damage.

The immediate effects of harmful sun rays - sunburn, photosensitive reactions (rashes), and cell and tissue damage - are bad enough. But medical experts believe that too much exposure to the sun in childhood or adolescence is a major cause of skin cancer and premature skin aging later in life. Health experts also believe that UVA may weaken the immune system. security monitoring