Stay smart in the sun this summer and wise up to sunscreens

As melanoma is the biggest cancer killer, Arlene Harris says it makes sense to wise up when it comes to sunscreens

WE’VE just enjoyed our first real taste of summer — a prolonged period of sunshine, blue skies and the obligatory splash in a paddling pool followed by a barbequed feast.

But there will undoubtedly be scores of people up and down the country with sunburned faces, red, painful looking torsos and of course the ubiquitous farmers tan — because despite melanoma being the biggest cancer killer, many are still wary of sun cream.