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6 AVOID PRODUCTS WITH
• MAKE SHADE with your stroll-
glasses on campus. Here are a
BUG REPELLANT. You don’t
er’s canopy or hood. If you can’t
few questions to ask your school:
typically need them at the same
find a shady spot to sit, put up an
time of day, and the mixture
umbrella.
• What is the policy on sun
of ingredients leads to greater
safety?
amounts of the pesticide soaking
• AVOID SUN DURING MIDDAY –
• Is there shade on the play-
through the skin.
take walks in the early morning or
ground?

late afternoon.
• Are outdoor activities scheduled
7 CHECK THE UV INDEX
to avoid the midday sun?
when planning outdoor activities.
• FOLLOW PRODUCT WARN-

INGS FOR SUNSCREEN ON
8 SKIP SUNLAMPS and tanning
INFANTS UNDER 6 MONTHS
Teens
beds.
OLD - Most manufacturers ad-
Fashion-conscious teenagers
vise to avoid use for infants or to
may seek a tanned look through
9 CHECK YOUR SKIN for spots
consult a doctor before using. The
sunbathing, tanning salons, or
and changes, and remember
American Academy of Pediatrics
use of self-tanning products.
that natural tone (not just tan)
now says that small amounts of
Each of these activities carries
is beautiful. You know your skin
sunscreen can be used on infants
health consequences. Overexpo-
best, so examine it for changes,
as a last resort when shade is
sure to the sun increases the risk
lesions, and spots regularly. Be
not available.
of skin cancer. The tan obtained
extra careful if you have freck-
at a salon can also damage the
les, moles, take certain medica-
skin – in fact, the UV radiation in
Toddlers and Children
tions (such as some antibiotics),
tanning parlors can be as much
Sunscreen is an essential part
or have a family history of skin
as 15 times that of the sun. The
of any day in the sun. However,
cancer. Early detection is best,
chemicals in self-tanning prod-
young children have skin that is
so consult your doctor for more
ucts have not been tested for
especially sensitive to chemical
information.
safety; the major self-tanning
allergens, as well as the sun’s UV

chemical, dihydroxyacetone, is
rays. When choosing a sunscreen,
SUN SAFETY TIPS
not approved by FDA for use in
keep these tips in mind:
cosmetics around the eyes.
FOR KIDS

• TEST THE SUNSCREEN by
Your teen should know that being
applying a small amount on the
Kids are more vulnerable to dam-
tan does not mean being healthy.
inside of your child’s wrist the day
age caused by the sun. A few
Here are a few more tips to help
before you plan to use it. If an
blistering sunburns in childhood
your teen stay healthy:
irritation or rash develops at any
can double a person’s lifetime
time, try another product. Ask your
chances of developing serious
• MAKE SUNSCREEN A ROU-
child’s doctor to suggest one that
forms of skin cancer. Keep your
TINE part of any outdoor sport
will not irritate.
family safe in the sun by using
or activity.
a sunscreen that’s effective and
• SLOP ON SUNSCREEN and re-
safe. Take these special precau-
• FIND FASHIONABLE SUN
apply often, especially if your child
tions with infants and children:
PROTECTION clothing, hats,
is playing in the water or sweating
and sunglasses.
a lot.
Infants
Infants under 6 months should
• PARENTS OF TEENS: BE A
be kept out of direct sun as much
Sun Safety at School
GOOD ROLE MODEL – be sure
as possible. Their skin is not yet
Children should exercise healthy
to let your teen see you protect-
protected by melanin. So when
habits for outdoor play while at
ing yourself from the sun.
you take your infant outside, take
school. Sometimes school policies
special care:
interfere with children’s sun safety.
Reprinted with permission from
Many schools see sunscreen as the Environmental Working Group
•COVER UP your baby’s sensi-
a medicine, and require written
(EWG) ~ a non-profit organization
tive skin with protective clothing,
permission to use it, or require
that specializes in providing useful
tightly woven but loose-fitting,
that the school nurse apply it.
resources to consumers while simul-
and a sun hat.
Other schools ban hats and sun-
taneously pushing for national policy
change. www.ewg.org
38 Organic Shopper Summer 2009
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