Even though it is often forgotten, sun safety is a very important issue when it comes to outdoor work or activities. Farmers have a significantly high occupational sun exposure, but knowing how to properly protect yourself can help prevent sunburn or even worse, skin cancer. Melissa Ploeckelman, outreach specialist at the National Farm Medicine Center shares some tips to help stay safe in the sun and why thinking about it is so important to your health.

Even though it is often forgotten, sun safety is a very important issue when it comes to outdoor work or activities. Farmers have a significantly high occupational sun exposure, but knowing how to properly protect yourself can help prevent sunburn or even worse, skin cancer. Melissa Ploeckelman, outreach specialist at the National Farm Medicine Center shares some tips to help stay safe in the sun and why thinking about it is so important to your health.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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