With summer is approaching, here's a smarter way to use sunscreen

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🗓️ 27 May 2024

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Summary

Each year 84,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with melanoma. About 90% of these skin cancers are linked to the ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Sunscreen does protect the skin, but dermatologists have found six very common mistakes people make when it comes to using it. NPR science correspondent Allison Aubrey talks to host Regina G. Barber about the science behind sunscreen and how to avoid making these mistakes this summer. They also get into which sunscreens may be better than others.

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0:27.0	Hey Shortwaivers, Regina Barbara here with NPR Science Correspondent
0:30.8	Allison Aubrey.
0:31.8	Hey Allison!
0:32.8	Hey Regina, great to be here.
0:34.6	Okay, so it's Memorial Day.
0:36.2	This is one of the unofficial cues that summer is coming, right?
0:39.2	And in my part of the world in Washington, D.C.,
0:41.6	the temperature is just getting hotter, there's more people
0:44.1	outside hiking, biking and in the sun.
0:47.0	It's wonderful, it's fun, right?
0:49.0	Yes, it's very nice. It's a little humid, but it is nice.
0:53.0	And when we're outside enjoying that sun,
0:55.0	it means it's time to revisit a topic.
0:56.7	We do a lot when weather gets warmer, right?
0:59.2	The science behind sunscreen and the best way
1:02.4	to protect our skin from that sun.
1:04.3	Yeah, this one never gets old Regina.
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