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Article: Britain's first skin cancer patrol takes to the beach
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 7, 1995
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BRITAIN'S first skin cancer beach patrol is to alert people to
the dangers of sunburn this summer on the sands of South Wales.
The initiative, on the Gower peninsula near Swansea, will start
to bring Britain into line with traditional homes of the
sun-worshipper such as Australia and California, where the dangers
of skin cancer are increasingly being emphasised.
In Australia, some beaches carry health warning signs, and
communal sprays with barrier sun creams from 10-gallon drums are
also available. In California, barrier cream sales have trebled in
10 years in some coastal areas.
There is a worldwide rise in skin cancer cases, thought to be