Saturday, November 18

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What you Need to know About Sunscreen
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What you Need to know About Sunscreen

Sunscreen is always on the top of everyone’s shopping list leading up to Summer. So, it’s crucial that as the rate of skin cancers rise, you know the facts about which sunscreens do and don’t work. In the United States, the rate of patients diagnosed with melanoma – the most deadly type of skin cancer – is gradually increasing. Statistics found by the National Cancer Institute, show the number of reported melanoma cases in adults has tripled since the 70s. Nearly 23 people in 100,000 people had skin cancer in 2015, in contrast to only 7.9 people in 1975. What’s more worrying is the death rate for melanoma in white Americans (the highest group at risk) has risen quickly from 2.6 in 100,000 people in 1975 to 4.5 people in 2015. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released it’s 12th...