https://www.skincancer.org/blog/driving-your-risk-for-skin-cancer/ Education, prevention, early detection, and treatment of skin cancer Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:02:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.skincancer.org/blog/driving-your-risk-for-skin-cancer/#comment-1741 Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:56:56 +0000 https://www.skincancer.org/?p=4832#comment-1741 […] Exposure can add up during a typical school day. Children may have outdoor recess between 10 AM and 2 PM, a time when the sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays are especially intense. Sports and other after-school activities happen when the sun is still high. Kids can even get UV exposure through school and car windows! […]

]]> https://www.skincancer.org/blog/driving-your-risk-for-skin-cancer/#comment-448 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:37:14 +0000 https://www.skincancer.org/?p=4832#comment-448 […] Car rides can lead to unintended sun exposure, too. While glass screens out most UVB rays, the chief cause of sunburn, UVA rays can penetrate windows. Like UVB rays, UVA rays damage DNA and can lead to skin cancer. By law, front windshields are treated to filter out most UVA, but side and rear windows generally aren’t. Consider buying a UV shield, which you can hang over any window that allows sunlight to reach the child’s car seat. Or, consider professional protective window film (but check local regulations for these). Otherwise, it’s best for your baby to wear sun-protective clothing in the car. […]

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