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Cancer prevention: Use sunscreen on exposed skin
Few drivers report regular sunscreen use while hauling. Just 6% of readers use such products routinely, though 10% reported filming side windows with UV-protecting layers to block nearly all UV light.
September 18, 2019
Channel 19
More on sun exposure and cancer risk, ways to prevent and a personal story of cure
Malignant melanoma can be very aggressive, traveling fast to other places in the body, but when the notion arose that the condition was a totally incurable one recently, Andrea Marks of TruckerNation took some exception — she’s been cancer-free for quite some time, following a 2007 initial diagnosis….
July 17, 2019
Voices
POLL: Do you protect your exposed skin with sunscreen routinely on your hauls?
What’s your strategy for skin protection — if any at all — while you’re trucking? Weigh in via this poll and/or the comments section.
July 10, 2019
Overdrive Radio
‘The sun will hunt you down’ in the truck: Joe Jolly on skin cancer risk
58-year-old Joe Jolly, following removal of a small spot of an aggressive type of skin cancer from his upper lip, offers a word of caution for younger drivers. Anything you can do to protect yourself from damaging ultraviolet radiation while trucking over the road today will pay dividends in later years.
June 14, 2019
Life
Skin cancer: What you need to know
A general understanding of what to look for and how to prevent it is your best defense in fighting the disease.
August 12, 2013
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