SPF 30 Sunscreen May Cut Cancer Risk by 80%

Apr 18, 2016, 05:55 PM

If you aren't a regular sunscreen user, you may want to think twice and lather up when you go outside this summer; a new study found that applying sunscreen drastically reduces the risk of skin cancer. The latest research out of Ohio State University, which was done on mice, showed that when SPF 30 sunscreen was applied prior to UVB exposure, it significantly reduced the risk of melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer.