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Sun Safety
Cover Up
When the UV index is 3 or higher, protect your skin as much as you can. Wear light-coloured clothes with long sleeves and pants, and a wide-brimmed hat made of fabric that lets your skin breathe. When choosing sunglasses, make sure they block both UVA and UVB rays.
What's My Risk?
To help prevent cancer, it’s important to catch it early and know your risk. That’s why learning what might raise or lower your chances of getting cancer matters.
My CancerIQ is a tool that can help. It asks you questions to learn about your risk for different types of cancer. At the end of each quiz, you’ll get tips on what you can start doing now to lower your risk and live a longer, healthier life.
Recognizing Skin Cancer
The ABCDEs of Malignant Melanoma recognition will aid in early detection. Melanoma often appears on the back and legs in people with lighter skin and on the hands, feet or nails in people with darker skin. Being in the sun too much is a major risk factor.
Look for these features:
Asymmetry
The shape on one side is different than the other side.
Tomorrow's Greener Communities Today
Tree cover in Chatham-Kent is very low—only 6%! Large trees that provide shade have many benefits, such as:
- Cleaning the air
- Keeping things cooler in the summer
- Protecting us from the sun, which can help lower the risk of skin cancer.
Tomorrow’s Greener Communities Today is a project that helps plant more trees. It works with the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority. The goal is to add more shade in schoolyards and across the community by planting trees every spring.
Sun Aware
