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Long Term Impact of Sunburn
October 9, 2003
"Life begins
as a quest of the child for the man and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover
the child." - Laurens Van Der Post
LONG TERM IMPACT OF SUNBURN
The Canadian internet publication "Who Cares? Recent Developments
on Caregiving," offers this story on exposure to sunlight . . .
Mike Repacholi of the World Health Organization on September 16, 2003, released
a study finding that since a child's skin is unusually sensitive to the sun,
having even one serious sunburn in childhood increases the risk of developing
skin cancer later in life!
The WHO is launching a global campaign to involve schools in teaching dangers
of excess exposure to ultraviolet light, and is distributing booklets to encourage
children to wear sunhats and sunglasses and to avoid being outdoors on hot sunny
days from 10 am to 3 pm. Ultraviolet rays have increased in strength over
the past few years due to the thinning of the earth's ozone layer and efforts
to cut emissions which destroy the ozone layer have not been completely successful.
Each year 130,000 new cases of skin cancer melanoma are diagnosed.
For advice from Dr. Susan Aronson on protecting children in early childhood
settings from sun exposure, go to:
https://secure.ccie.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5012669&search=aronson&category=all
To subscribe to "Who Cares?" go to: [email protected]
For more information on the WHO findings and recommendations, go to: http://www..who.int/mediacentre/releases/2003/pr66/en/
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