Why is it important for folks to keep sun safety in mind?
Yaroch: It’s important, because about one million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year. Melanoma is actually one of the most deadly forms of skin cancer. Schmalfeldt: That was Dr. Amy Yaroch, Program Director in the Health Promotion Research Branch of the NCI’s Behavioral Research Program. She said a single blistering sunburn is enough to significantly raise your risk for skin cancer. Other risks include being fair-skinned and repeated exposures to the sun. She said there are ways to enjoy the outdoors in the summer without increasing your risk for skin cancer. Yaroch: Well, there’s a lot of things that you can do. First of all you can wear a sun screen with an SPF of 15 or greater. You can cover up, and what that means is to wear a wide-brimmed hat that shades your face and your neck and your ears. You can wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants as well as sunglasses and seek shade between peak hours which would be between 10 and 2. Schmalfeldt: Dr. Yaroch also said early
