Today, the Friday before Memorial Day, is "Don't Fry Day"as designated by The National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention. The purpose is to encourage sun safety awareness while urging everyone to protect their skin while outdoors on this holiday weekend.
Cherish Your Skin Organization and the National Council have partnered with the EPA's SunWise Education program and the Nation's Aquariums and Zoos today to provide educational tools to those visiting participating parks. In Texas, you can find the stickers and coloring pages at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, the Houston Zoo, and The Aquarium in Rockport.
Cherish Your Skin Organization and the National Council have partnered with the EPA's SunWise Education program and the Nation's Aquariums and Zoos today to provide educational tools to those visiting participating parks. In Texas, you can find the stickers and coloring pages at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi, the Houston Zoo, and The Aquarium in Rockport.
Remember that skin cancer is the most preventable cancer of all, if caught early. These steps are important to avoiding overexposure this weekend, and everyday!
Avoid sun burning, intentional tanning, and using tanning beds.Apply sunscreen generously.
Wear sun-protective clothing, wide-brimmed hat, and sunglasses.
Seek shade.
Use extra caution near water, snow, and sand.
Get vitamin D through diet and vitamin D supplements.
Have safe and fun in the sun this weekend, and please, "DON'T FRY!"
The action step the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention emphasized for 2009 was “Slap on a Hat,” encouraging everyone to wear protective clothing like a wide-brimmed hat to provide important protection from too much sun. This year the National Council is emphasizing practicing all of the action steps ---because no single step can fully protect from overexposure to UV radiation, so use as many of the followingactions as possible..jpg)
