Dutch citizens will be given free sunscreen this summer, according to the Guardian , in a move to tackle the country’s record-breaking rate of skin cancer.
According to the Dutch government, automatic sunscreen dispensers will be placed in schools, festival venues, parks, sports venues and public spaces across the country.
The Dutch government wants to make sunscreen available to everyone, without being deterred by factors like cost or inconvenience. The public health effort is said to be similar in scale and partly inspired by Australia’s sun reduction campaign.
Dutch officials hope the campaign will make sunscreen a habit. It was launched over the weekend at a festival in the city of Breda. Meanwhile, the Venlo-Venray hospital near the Dutch border with Germany is working with the national health insurance to fund the distribution of sunscreen in 120 primary schools.
According to Dutch broadcaster NOS , a dermatologist in the Netherlands came up with the idea of using automatic hand sanitizer dispensers during the Covid-19 pandemic to dispense sunscreen.
According to statistics, the number of skin cancer cases in the Netherlands has increased to a record level in the past few years. Meanwhile, sunscreen has been proven to be the best protection against this disease. According to the Guardian , children should get used to applying sunscreen from an early age so that it becomes a habit like brushing their teeth.
Across Europe, the number of people diagnosed with skin cancer has skyrocketed over the past two decades. The main cause of skin cancer is overexposure to the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation. The earliest and most common symptom of skin cancer is a change in the colour of a particular area of the skin.
That is why sunscreen should not be considered a cosmetic, but an essential item to protect everyone's skin.
Minh Hoa (according to VietNamNet, Tin Tuc Newspaper)
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