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Offers resources on the effects of sun exposure, including information on the risk, prevention, and treatment of sun or heat related conditions such as sunburn, cataracts and heat stroke.
With the arrival of warmer weather, more of us are outside playing or watching sports, or exercising outdoors. These activities can improve your overall health but you also need to protect your skin.
Source: Canadian Health Network
As we start to spend more time outside, we're once again being warned of the dangers of overexposure to the sun. Here are seven tips to help you safely enjoy the sun in the months ahead.
Source: HealthyOntario.com
Health Canada's Safe Summer Fun section provides tips on how to get the most out of the season. It covers only some of the injuries and conditions that could occur.
Source: Health Canada
In the summer the combination of high heat and high humidity can be very dangerous. Read on for information on how to avoid related illnesses.
Source: City of Toronto
Although the best choices for sun protection are to cover up and, whenever possible, to seek shade, sunscreen is helpful too. Here is a checklist for effective sunscreen use. How many can you check?
Source: Toronto Public Health
It is important to protect your eyes against damage from the sun. For most people, an inexpensive pair of sunglasses will do the job.
Source: Health Canada
More Canadians are using sunscreens to protect themselves from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.
Source: Health Canada
The earth's ozone layer is not as thick as it used to be and more ultraviolet radiation from the sun reaches us. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation, often referred to as "UV rays", can cause skin cancer and other serious health problems.
Source: Health Canada
You may think that sunglasses are simply a status symbol worn by rock stars and Hollywood types. True enough. But sunglasses that shield the eyes from ultraviolet (UV) light through a properly fitted lens also help prevent the formation of cataracts.
Source: Canadian Health Network
As part of the Sun Savvy School Club, teachers can order a free UV Index resource kit from the Meteorological Service of Canada. Included in the kit is a UV meter with which students can measure UV radiation in their school environment and share that information on the Internet.
Source: Environment Canada
This program teaches children under the age of 14 about the UV index and how to use it to minimize the risk to their health from solar ultraviolet radiation.
Source: Environment Canada
Information related to this topic.
Source: Canada Health Portal
Information related to this topic.
Source: Canada Health Portal
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