Health experts the hot tip for sun safety advice
Source: Queensland Health, March 2024
Queensland has the highest rate of melanoma in the world – so it’s important to heed the sun safety advice of health experts and slip, slop, slap and slide.
Dermatologist Associate Professor Erin McMeniman, who works at Princess Alexandra Hospital and University of Queensland’s School of Medicine, says the prevalence of social media posts making false claims about sunscreen were increasing – and they are particularly dangerous in the skin cancer capital of the world.
Unprotected sun exposure causes most melanomas and non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas.