To learn more about skin damage or skin cancer, contact your family doctor or dermatologist.  You can also get valuable information from these Web sites. Links will open in a new window.

General Information Web Sites:

Yahoo Health Guide to Sunscreen - This basic text gives you some idea of how the FDA regulates sunscreens and how you should use them

How Sunburns and Sun Tans Work - www.howstuffworks.com is a great information resource.

How Sunscreens are Tested - Discovery.com

Sunscreen Drug Products For Over-The-Counter Human Use; Final Monograph - The FDA's 1999 ruling on Sunscreens and their labeling, doing away with the SPF rating system..

Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: 

Melanoma.net - Specific information about Melanoma.

Find A Skin Cancer Screening in Your Area  - From the American Academy of Dermatology:

Skin Cancer Updates - A great source of skin cancer information and sun-related health issues

Cancer Information Service - Contact info for the CIS, a government funded public education service.

Useful Phone Numbers and Addresses:

Cancer Information Service: 1-800-4-CANCER

American Cancer Society: 1-800-ACS-2345

American Academy of Dermatology:
PO Box 4014
Schaumburg, IL 60168-4014

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