The AMA has called on all schools to allow sunscreen use by students.
Since just one or two blistering sunscreens can double the risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, no schools should be trying to restrict sunscreen use under a broad anti-drug policy. I wish every state had California's pro-sun-safety laws.
http://www.today.com/parents/ama-supports-use-sunscreen-schools-6C10382053
That sunscreen ban has the American Medical Association irked. And yesterday the doctors’ group responded with a resolution supporting the exemption of sunscreens from rules that bar students from bringing over-the-counter medications to school without a doctor’s note.
“We had reports of a number of kids from across the country who suffered from sunburns because they were not allowed to bring and use sunscreen,” said Dr. Alexander Ding, a member of the AMA’s board of trustees and chief fellow in imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. “We think that’s a problem, particularly for those playing outside at recess and on field trips.”
The resolution by the AMA “supports the exemption of sunscreen from over-the-counter medication possession bans in schools and encourages all schools to allow students to bring and possess sunscreen without restriction.”
The AMA went even one step further suggesting it should be OK for teachers to provide their students with sunscreen, “without requiring the teacher to assist in application.”
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.... we put baby oil on our skin ... even us fair skinned, green eyed reddish/brown haired idiots.
Sadly, at 52 I have had more blistering sunburns than I can count.
We know better now ... instead of preventing sunscreen/sunblock it needs to be encouraged.
