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FAITH LAPIDUS: America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says protection from the sun is important all year long, not just during the summer. It says ultraviolet radiation from the sun can reach you on cloudy days, as well as bright and sunny ones. During the summer, the most dangerous period for U-V rays in the United States mainland is between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon.
C.D.C. officials say U-V rays can damage your skin in as little as fifteen minutes. Sunglasses, hats and clothing offer some protection. Experts say the denser the material, the less radiation reaches the skin. Also, darker colors may offer more protection, and natural cotton blocks more than bleached, or whitened cotton. When clothing is wet or stretched, however, it lets more U-V rays pass through.
Choose to wear U-V ray-blocking sunglasses and sunscreen products. C.D.C. officials say people should put on sunscreen before they leave home, even on cloudy or cool days. Put a thick amount of sunscreen on all areas of skin exposed to the sun. Babies older than six months can wear sunscreen. Newborn babies should be kept out of the sun.
DOUG JOHNSON: Doctors also suggest avoiding tanning salons and U-V tanning beds to prevent skin cancer. Each year, nearly thirty million people use indoor tanning beds in the United States. More than two million of them are young adults, between thirteen and eighteen years old. The Skin Cancer Foundation says use of tanning beds in youth increases a person's risk of developing melanoma by seventy-five percent.
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