NATIONAL – As the weather warms up and Canada heads into the summer months, the Canadian Dermatology Association (CDA) is warning of the dangers that UV exposure poses to outdoor workers. As part of Sun Awareness Week, which ran from June 5 to 9, the CDA sent out a press release on June 9 to offer tips on how workers can protect themselves from skin cancer and employers can assist. “Skin cancer is largely preventable,” said CDA national chair Dr. Jennifer Beecker in a media statement, “and employers can help by making sun safety an integral component of their occupational health and safety management program to protect their workers.” Among the measures suggested by the Association: working in the shade as much as possible; wearing lightweight clothes; using sunscreen and storing it away from extreme heat; avoiding sunlight reflected off surfaces; and avoiding the sun from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aside from skin cancer, outdoor workers are also at risk of heat stress, sunburn, skin damage and cataracts, the CDA stated.