Sun protective clothing
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_protective_clothing

anyone get this stuff?

why sleeveless in summer ? theres a cancer danger

I've heard of that clothing clouds..probably a good idea for kids. I wonder how much it costs? I just slather on the sun block. :D

sun bloc maybe causes cancer

anything is possible...maybe the very air we breathe. Nah...:rolleyes:

I couldn't find the part where it said mentions "sleeveless in summer".

Those sunsmart outfits came out here in Australia when my children were babies.

These days they're recommending we all get a little sunlight to get the Vitamin D that we need from the sun. It all depends on where you live as well. What is suitable here in my zone would not be the same as for someone living in say Iceland. Seeing as we live in the melanoma capital of the world here in sunny Queensland, we have to be really careful. I (fair skinned and blue eyed) grew up in the tropics before there were any sunscreens and awareness. I would never do now what I did then. <shudder>

i go hatless for maybe 20 minutes and thats all

you do need some sun

I know what you mean Lara...the damage has already been done, before we knew what the sun could do to us. Like you, I am fair and have blue eyes.
I also have a new nose...reconstructive surgery because of cancer in two locations. I took my sun block in to show the dr. and he said that it's the best stuff...the sun can't pennetrate it. He also said don't forget to put it on your ears! I love to work in the yard...wear long pants and long sleeved shirts and slather the neck, face, ears and hands with 70.

Did you put on baby oil at the beach and watch it bubble up and boil??? ack!!

I agree clouds, we do need some sun.

No, but we used coconut oil lol :eek: I had shocking sunburn as a child. still remember it. Fall asleep in the shade of a palm tree and wake up with the sun blaring down.

There used to be this fellow on Surfers Paradise beach (sadly not long passed away) and he would actually spray the stuff on people when they arrived at the beach.

I regularly need to have spots (solar keratosis) removed but nothing too serious so far, like you. We've had really strong sun smart messages here for a couple of decades. The Slip Slop Slap campaigns.

Slip on a shirt,
Slop on the sunscreen,
Slap on a hat.

the thing these days though is that they're become so much more aware of the need for some Vit D in our bodies to prevent other really serious illnesses. Even here where I live, it's different amounts of time per day when we can get some exposure. Way down south in Tasmania for example, it's longer than it is up here where I live. I noticed the UV index has been reasonably low this week here, but normally for most of the year we tend to sit on Extreme UV danger. Hole in ozone and all of that.

If children here don't have a hat at school, they don't play in the yard or playground. When my children were swimming at school they also had to wear their sunshirts to swim. It's pretty serious business. It was like that 20 years ago. I don't think my son gets enough sunlight at all. My daughter does though. She's pretty sensible with the hats and the sunglasses most of the time, but other times she forgets and suffers the consequences. The only time she's ever burned has been since she was past 16. Up until then it's something that was well avoided.

Slip, Slop, Slap! LOL. Remember peeling? I used to beg my sister to let me peel her back. Oh gross!

Educating the public where you live is a necessity!! Wow, never thought about it quite that way.

I can't stand to wear a hat...too hot! I keep buying them and not wearing them. It hurts to get sweat in your eyes when you're slathered with block. :o

We usually average around 300 sunny days per year apparently.
This year it's more likely to up around 350 or more at this rate and if it doesn't rain soon.