Sunscreen

Each day, everyday people are affected by products that have been approved through the means of either animal testing or other alternative methods. Each item a consumer purchases such as cosmetics, hair dye or lotions, the consumer is potentially promoting these particular companies, most of which condone their research on animals. Testing of any kind is done to ensure consumer safety of a product before it is marketed to the public. Animal activists question the use animals at all, while the…

UVB’s 1. The sun shines on the skin. 2. The UVB light interfaces with a form of cholesterol in the skin called 97-dehydrocholesterol. 3. This is synthesized into pre-vitamin D3, which is immediately converted into vitamin D3. 30 minutes of midday sun in a bathing suit, and you’ve absorbed up to 20,000 IU of vitamin D. Whether you spend half an hour in the midday sun or take 2 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 in tablets, it’s then transported to the liver where it’s turned into D25 for storage. These…

6 Tips for First Time Safari Traveler Traveling changes our lives in a huge way. Once you get the taste for traveling to far off lands and unknown places, there is no going back or stopping, even if you wanted to. Almost every person these days lives by a wish list or as we travelers like to call it - the ‘bucket list’, and going on an adventurous and once-in-lifetime African safari happens to unfailingly be a part of most bucket lists. Planning a safari isn’t like planning to backpack the…

I volunteered with the “Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy” in the San Francisco Park Stewardship program. This organization was founded in 1970, where a group of activists formed a group called ‘People for a Golden Gate National Recreation Area’, where they established national parks in San Francisco. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy has over 80,000 acres of park land, where they need volunteers to help work together to keep the parks clean and maintained. The Golden Gate National…

from large chemical factories to power plants. Including, local gas stations and supermarkets are also involved. Furthermore, you and I am contributing to these problems as well. Products used every day, such as prescription drugs, shampoo, and sunscreen are without a doubt showing up in your water supply. Such products as these often cannot be filtered out of the needed drinking water. America 's compromised water supply places all of us at risk. Moreover, the question is do you know without a…

off the diving board, with nothing but infinite azure water to embrace me. Two Years later: The sun blazed down on me. I could practically feel sunburns developing on my arms despite the fact that my mother had quite literally bathed me in greasy sunscreen earlier that morning. I raced towards the invitingly cool pool, flinging my towel from my shoulders and leaping in without waiting for my friends, who had hung their towels in a more civilized fashion. By the time the rest of my class had dove…

Bobcats Facts and Introduction: Bobcats are an amazing and great animal. They live up to 12-15-20 years. If they are lucky maybe 30 or even 40! Some old ones live up to 50! But no higher than 50. They have fuzzy upside down triangle shaped fur on the tip of their ears. They are fuzzy and cute but I don’t recommend them as a pet! They may nip or bite you very hard! Some people have baby bobcats as animals but when they grow big and strong and when they get older, the owners have to release them…

Physical wellness is the complete physical condition and functioning of the body. It can be reflected in the efficiency and ability a person can execute their day to day activities. Physical wellness can encompass how much sleep you’re getting, sunscreen use, responsible use of alcohol and drugs, and much more. Some ways you can be strong in this dimension is to exercise regularly for at least thirty minutes, drink plenty of water every day, and going to the doctor when ill or just for regular…

We walked up to the hotel doors and where you could smell the sweet smell of sunscreen. You walk in and it felt like you were walking into heaven’s doors. It was so bright and there were beautiful pictures of the clear blue ocean, pictures of people surfing, there was a palm tree inside. It was such a beautiful sight! Molly and I ran…

My first thought when taking these tests were that I would be on the very low end of each scale. However, that is not the case. The first test I took was the Melanoma questionnaire. Melanoma is the most dangerous and deadly form of skin cancer attacking and killing both male and females in the thousands each year. Melanoma is caused by ultraviolet light from tanning beds and sunlight. The ultraviolet light damages skin cells causing cell mutations which make the cells multiply at a faster pace…