Wheee! May is Melanoma Month! Gosh, that sounds fun. When did every wierd ailment known to man get it's own freaking month, is what I want to know? Is this a DEMOCRATIC THING??? <heh> Actually, it's pretty sensible and smacks of education, so the answer is probably yes.
I feel pretty comfortable speaking out on skin cancer, since I am, after all, one of the "blue people" in our country (e.g. light skin that looks like nonfat milk on occasion), so here goes.
Here is a UV Index Forecast Map for the USA. Type your zip code here to see an index for your town.
Did you know that Davis, California, has an entire program devoted to Sun Safety? Granted, it routinely gets up to about, um, 105 up in Davis, but we all have a problem with the sun now. It's much stronger than when we were kids, and I find myself blowing off sun safety way too often myself.
Did you know that you can buy bike helmets with sun visors? And that they're better for your kids? And that doctors are now saying that you should wear sun-protective clothing as your first-line defense against the sun, instead of just using sunscreen?
The sun's stronger. 'Nuff said.
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