Most of us believe that once the weather turns and autumn becomes winter, we no longer need to protect our skin from the suns’ harmful uv rays. This is a misconception as uv radiation takes place even on overcast and cloudy days. Year round protection needs to be practiced no matter the season. Dr. Darrell Rigel, a clinical professor of dermatology at NYU, conducted a survey on women to find out how much they knew about ultraviolet light. The study revealed that most women actually receive more uv exposure than they knew with 16 percent of participants knowing that UVA exposure can actually occur indoors through glass windows, and 18 percent only understood the difference of UVA and UVB rays . To help us understand more about the difference please find below the following information that we hope will help you to understand more about UVA and UVB rays.
The difference between UVA and UVB
- UVA Can Cause: premature aging Risk of Exposure: can penetrate glass windows
- UVB Can Cause: sunburn Risk of Exposure: outdoors & through open windows
- UVA & UVB Can Cause: aging & skin cancer Risk of Exposure: primarily outdoors/all year round
Congratulations Dean Krueger Elementary, on your new Shade Structure!!
Children enjoy the shade of their new shade structure, no matter what time of the day recess is, playground equipment is accessible and cool without danger of burn to their skin. Now students can have their workout and fresh air, returning to their classrooms refreshed and revived ready to learn.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Sunwise Program began in the year 2000. Originally a school based program is has grown to include informal education groups, sports and non-profit organizations. The 2006 annual report records a membership of 13,700 schools in all 50 states, as well as 1,500 partner organizations.
An interesting feature in the report shows how the Sunwise program and the National Weather Service have developed a tool kit that helps children learn more about sun safety. Parent Teacher groups are encouraged to register by email to receive daily UV alerts, thus being aware of what the UV index is for a particular day.
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/pdffile/8spd_annual_report_highres_sun.pdf
Parents and supervisors are warned to take care of hot playground equipment, and caution is called to mind to test the metal before allowing children to play on the playground. This summer several children experienced severe burns from overheated playground equipment.
See the safety alert by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission attached here. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5036.pdf