Get Educated About Sun Safety
In addition to The Sun Bus Tour and community events such as festivals and fairs, The Sun Bus provides fun and engaging educational activities about sun safety and skin health at schools and workplaces.
The ulta violet light (UV) Facial Imager is a special camera that shows facial skin sun damage not seen by the naked eye accumulated over a lifetime. The more contrast (darker spots against lighter background) a person has, the more sun damage they have over their life and the higher their chances of developing skin cancer. Typically, younger people or those with darker skin have less sun damage (Image 1) while red hairs, older individuals with lighter completion and/or a history of sun exposure without sunscreen have more sun damage (Image 2).
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Image 3. UV absorbing sunscreens appear dark on the UV camera. Organic sunscreens (commonly known as mineral sunscreens) are UV absorbing.
Image 4. UV reflective sunscreen appear white on the UV camera because they reflect UV Light.
Mineral sunscreens are UV reflective.
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