Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 18:22:34 GMT
Sunseekers are today warned there is no such thing as a healthy tan – and the fair-skinned should spend no more than ten minutes in strong sunlight.
New guidance urges adults and children to slap on up to eight teaspoons of suncream during the summer or when holidaying in hot climates. The advice has been drawn up amid soaring rates of skin cancer blamed on a lack of awareness and the boom in package holidays. There are now just over 13,500 cases of malignant melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – in the UK a year and the incidence is rising faster than any other cancer.
NICE has issued its warning as thousands of Britons are booking holidays for the coming spring and summer. But it will be regarded by some as yet further ‘nanny state’ intrusion. Only last month the Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies issued new guidance stressing there was no safe level of drinking.
New guidance urges adults and children to slap on up to eight teaspoons of suncream during the summer or when holidaying in hot climates. The advice has been drawn up amid soaring rates of skin cancer blamed on a lack of awareness and the boom in package holidays. There are now just over 13,500 cases of malignant melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – in the UK a year and the incidence is rising faster than any other cancer.
NICE has issued its warning as thousands of Britons are booking holidays for the coming spring and summer. But it will be regarded by some as yet further ‘nanny state’ intrusion. Only last month the Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies issued new guidance stressing there was no safe level of drinking.
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So I must remember to take a teaspoon now as if there isn't enough to pack already.
So I choose to stay 'light.'
