Hello and welcome back to the Curious Kid podcast. Tomorrow is Memorial Day, which is the

unofficial start of the summer season here in the United States. Hopefully, this episode will get you

ready for fun summer days in the sun. This week we are getting curious about sunscreen.

Yes, but before we do, we have to thank some amazing people.

We want to thank Ms. Bernstein's fifth grade class.

Ms. Bernstein is a fifth grade teacher at an elementary school in our home state of New Jersey.

Her class listens to our podcast, and each student sent us amazing

valentines after they listened to our Valentine's Day episode. We love the valentines. They're all

beautiful. I love them all. We loved reading all of them, and Olivia sent the Valentine back to the

class thanking them for the sweet gesture. Okay, we all know that sunscreen is important,

but do we really understand when we need it, how much we need to use, and how it works? We are going

to cover all of that and more today. But first, let's get to the question of the week.

The question of the week is the sunscreen expire. Interesting question. Does sunscreen expire? So let's start this off by describing what

sunscreen is.

Sunscreen is something you put on your skin to protect you from getting a sunburn.

It can also be called sunblock or sun tan lotion. You can find it as a lotion, spray, or in other forms as well.

When you apply sunscreen, it helps protect you from the powerful sun's rays.

Does it only protect you from sunburn?

No. A sunburn would be enough incentive to wear sunscreen because it is painful and uncomfortable,

but sunscreen protects you from many harmful things that the sun can cause.

Using sunscreen regularly can help delay or prevent wrinkles in sagging skin,

but it can also help prevent much more serious diseases like certain types of cancers.

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