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Protect Your Skin from the Sun: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Most skin cancer appears after age 50, but damage from the sun starts at a young age. By protecting your skin from the sun today, you can prevent skin cancer later in life.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Choose Your Cover Campaign - Skin Cancer Prevention
This is a national, multi-year skin cancer prevention initiative, the goal of which is to educate and encourage people to protect themselves from the sun's ultraviolet rays by practicing sun-safe beha... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
How to Be Safe When You're in the Sun 
This article explains to kids how to have fun outdoors in the sun and be safe from sun burn and other sun-related health problems.... Details >
Preventing Sun Damage
This page provides simple guidelines to protect you from the sun. Guidelines include minimize sun exposure during the hours of 10 am to 4 pm, apply a sunscreen before every exposure to the sun, avoid ... Details >
Protecting Kids From the Sun
This online document gives details on the application of sunscreen to your children’ skin to reduce the risk of future skin damage, skin cancer, and related skin problems.... Details >
Protecting Yourself in the Sun
Also available in: Spanish
Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which causes premature aging of the skin, wrinkles, cataracts, and skin cancer. The amount of damage from UV exposure depends on the strength of the light... Details >
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
Questions and Answers About Sun Exposure
CDC's "Choose Your Cover" Skin Cancer Prevention Campaign provides answers to commonly asked question about the sun and skin protection, sunscreen use, the effects of UV (ultra violet) rays on the ski... Details >
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Skin Cancer Primary Prevention and Education Initiative
This NSCPEC is designed as a multidimensional national program based on research. The program's primary goal is to provide skin cancer prevention information and resources targeted to parents, care gi... Details >
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Skin Cancer Primary Prevention and Education Initiative: 2006 Fact Sheet
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides leadership for nationwide efforts to reduce illness and death caused by skin cancer, the most common form of cancer in the United States. ... Details >
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Skin Cancer: Men Who Care About Their Skin Protect It
Guidelines written especially for men about the benefits of sun protection during work and play outdoors. Following these tips will help in lowering their chance of getting skin cancer.... Details >
Skin Care and Aging
This consumer health information fact sheet provides information for the elderly about proper skin care, which can delay the signs of aging to the skin -- wrinkling, looseness, leathery-dryness, blotc... Details >
Skin Protection: How to Protect Your Skin in the Summer Sun
The information contained on this site is designed to encourage and educate girls between the ages of 9 - 14 to develop healthy sun behaviors now that will help them avoid the development of skin canc... Details >
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Sun Proof
For outdoor activity, you may need a helmet, a ball, a club... You always need sun protection — it's just another part of your gear! Protecting yourself against the sun is the smart choice that kids ... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sunbeds, tanning and UV exposure
Sunbeds and sun tanning lamps are artificial tanning devices that claim to offer an effective, quick and harmless alternative to natural sunlight. However, there is growing evidence that the ultraviol... Details >
Sunscreens and Sun-Protective Clothing
Researchers are becoming ever more cautious about how much sun is good for you. These questions and answers may help you decide how much sun you should be exposed to and what precautions you can take ... Details >
SunWise Kids: Action Steps
Here are eight action steps that will keep you "cool" under the sun's rays.... Details >
SunWise Kids: UV Index
The ozone layer shields the Earth from harmful UV radiation. Ozone depletion, weather, and the seasons cause different amounts of UV radiation to reach the Earth. The National Weather Service (NWS) an... Details >
Tanning beds: Are they safer than the sun?
This page answers whether tanning beds are safer than natural sunlight. There's no such thing as a safe tan. Both sunlight and tanning beds increase the risk of skin cancer and premature skin aging.... Details >
The SunWise School Program
This program is a partnership effort involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and schools across the country. SunWise teaches elementary school children and their caregivers how to pr... Details >
The Ultraviolet Index - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This site provides links to information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the dangers of overexposure to sunlight and advice about sun protection.... Details >
Tips to Protect Children from Environmental Threats
Also available in: Spanish
Advice for parents and caregivers about steps they can take to protect children's environmental health. The topics addressed include indoor air pollution, lead poisoning, carbon monoxide poising, sun ... Details >
Office of Children’s Health Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency