States begin to allow sunscreen in schools

By Ariella Phillips

Published July 22, 2017 4:01am ET

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States begin to allow sunscreen in schools — Each year in the U.S., over 5.4 million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer are treated in more than 3.3 million people, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. In 2017, an estimated 87,110 new cases of invasive melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP) | Larry Steagall

Students at Valley Ridge Academy in Northeast Florida used to have to trek to the nurse’s office to get sunscreen before playing outdoors.

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