Resources

• Actinic Keratoses (American Academy of Dermatology)
• American Academy of Dermatology
• American Cancer Society
• Are There Beneficial Effects of UV Radiation? (World Health Organization)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Choose Your Cover: Sun Exposure (Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCCDPHP, CDC)
• DHA-Spray Sunless "Tanning" Booths (Food and Drug Administration)
• Don't Be in the Dark about Tanning (Food and Drug Administration)
• Environmental Protection Agency
• First Aid for Sunburn (HealthWorld)
• Getting a 'Base Tan': Helpful or Harmful? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Glossary of Terms (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Health Effects of Overexposure to the Sun (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Individuals' Risk of Melanoma Increases with Time Outdoors, Especially in High-Sunlight Areas (National Cancer Institute)
• Indoor Tanning: All the Dangers of the Outdoor Sun, Including Skin Cancer (American Academy of Dermatology)
• Mission: SunWise (Environmental Protection Agency) - Links to PDF File - 16-page storybook for grades K-3
• National Cancer Institute
• Parents Guide to Sun Protection (American Cancer Society)
• PDQ-Prevention-Patients: Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
• Play It Safe in the Sun: A Guide for Parents (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Potential Eye Disorders from UV Radiation (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Preventing Actinic Keratoses by Protecting Yourself Against the Sun (American Academy of Dermatology)
• Safer Sunning in Seven Steps [Easy-to-Read] (Food and Drug Administration) - Links to PDF File
• Selecting the Right Sunglasses (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Skin Cancer: The Burden of Skin Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Sun Exposure (National Institutes of Health)
• Sun Exposure (Medline Plus)
• Sun Safety 101 (American Academy of Dermatology)
• Sunburn (HealthWorld)
• Sunburn (HealthWorld)
• Sunlight and Ultraviolet Radition (American Cancer Society)
• Sunlight, Ultraviolet Radiation, and the Skin (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Sunscreens, Tanning Products, and Sun Safety (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
• SunWise Activities (Environmental Protection Agency) - Requires Flash Player
• Tanning Pills: Do They Work? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Tanning Taboo (Nemours Foundation)
• Today's UV (Ultraviolet) Index (Environmental Protection Agency)
• What Is the UV (Ultraviolet) Index? (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation) - Links to PDF File