Sun Safety

Sun Care and Safety

SunWise, a partnership program of the US Environmental Protection Agency, aims to teach children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun through the use of classroom-, school-, and community-based components.

The organization offers helpful tools and information, including:

Information on the SunWise Tool Kit
http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/tools.html

  • Tool Kit materials are also available in Spanish

Skin Cancer Fact Sheets which provide statistical information for each state
and for the nation
http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/statefacts.html

Information on programs for schools
http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/schools.html

Interested in becoming a SunWise partner? Get more information here
http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/becoming_partner.html