Sun exposure during a short walk to the bus stop, or while hanging out the washing can be a killer, new research has shown. The new guidelines were voted in at a National Sunscreen Summit at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane last year, by delegates from Australia's peak health bodies. This was in response to the latest evidence on sunscreen use and the dangers of repeated small doses of the sun's rays. The Summit delegates recommended Australians apply sunscreen every day when the maximum UV level was forecast to be three or higher. 'In recent years, it has become clear that the DNA damage that causes skin cancer and melanoma accumulates with repeated small doses of sunlight.'

Source: Daily Mail January 24, 2019 23:44 UTC