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The
PLAlN TRUTii
June-July, 1970
should be cut in severa! pieces and disposed of. Do the same
with expired cards.
Are your cards insured? There are companies and banks
which provide this service. It's a good protective measure.
And in case of loss or theft, all your credit caed numbers
should be
USTED
and the list kept in a safe place for notify–
ing each credit card company.
e
Be Careful of Sunburn
Over 100,000,000 Americans at sorne time this summer
will líe out under the sun. Sorne will tan and many will
sunburn. At least two to five million will receive secood–
degrec buros! That means these victims will buen so badly
that they may blister!
Contrary to popular belief, a tan can't be speeded up
by a long first exposure to the sun's rays. That will
only
result in a terrible buen. Tanning is a gradual process, taking
as long as 19 days for skin pigmentation to adapt to the sun.
So start gradually. Spend 15 minutes under the midday
sun the first day - especially if light-skinned - or as long
as 25 to
30
minutes under the early morning or late after–
noon sun. Add
5
to 10 minutes each day until proper
pigmentation can build up to Jonger exposures.
Don't let cool breezes deceive you - your skin is still
beiog slowly cooked. And remember, sorne dark skinned or
partly suntanned people can still receive a sunburn. Getting
overexposed and overheated in the hot sun is dangerous for
any person!
When it comes to recognizing a sunburn, the color of
your skin whi le at the beach is not an accurate gauge. Red–
dening doesn't reach its peak for
8
to
24
hours after
exposure.
Don't let cloudy skies or being under an umbrella trick
you. You can still get sunburned. And if you are light–
skinned, or redheaded, or blue-eyed, or freckled
BE DOUBLY
CAUTJOUS.
These
types seldom tan easily, but they do often
burn.
And above all -
NEVER
fall asleep under the burning
sun's rays!
As for suntan lotions, the market is loaded with
them. Sorne have more sun-screening, sun-reflecting, or sun–
scattering ability than others. Use depends primarily on
personal preference.
If
you do get sunburned, a warm bath or shower will
ooly add to your discomfort. Take a cold bath or shower for
celief.
Olive oil applied to sunbumed skin will j-lave a soothing
effect, and prevent the skin from drying out.
For minor or .first-degree sunburns, a vitamin F ointment
is often useful for soothing and relieving the pain. A pound
of cornstarch or two cups of vinegar to a tub of batb water
also generally sooths inflamed skín.
Second-degree sunburns can be somewhat relieved by
chlorophyll ointment which usually cases burn pain in 20
minutes or less. Third-degrce burns, which cause destructicn
of the full skin thickness and even destruction of deeper
tissues, are very serious. A doctor should be consulted m
such cases.
Remember - a sunburn is a buen - treat it as one.
Enjoy the summer sun, but as a final warning remember
that severe sunburn causes fever, chills, and nausea; and many
notable authorities say coostant overexposure to the sun's rays
causes tbe skin to become coarse, leathery, wriokled and can
lead to skin diseases - even cancer.
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The Pollution Battle
Many prívate citizens would personally like to help in
the battle to save our environment. There are many things we,
as citizens, can do. Sorne are beginoing to use returnable bot–
tles. In San Francisco many citizens are saving oewspapers for
a re-cycliog system, facilitating reuse of the paper. Every
118 pounds of old reused newspapers eliminates the need for
cutting clown at least one tree.
If
you are concerned about this pollution problem and
would like to know what
vou
can do, there are many organi–
zations that can guide your efforts. Below are listed a few of
them.
NATIONAL AGENCIES:
Citizen's Advisory Committee on
Environmental Quality
1700 Pennsylvania Ave. N.
W.
Washington, D.
C.
20006
Mr.
Laurance S. Rockefeller, Dir.
Environmental Control Administration
Twinbrook Building
12720 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Me.
Chris A. Hanseo, Dir.
Environmental Quality Council
Executive Office Building
Washington, D.
C.
20506
Dr. Lee A. Dubridge, Exec. Secty.
U. S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
330
Independence Ave. S.
W.
Washington, D.
C.
20201
Elliot
L.
Richardson
CITIZENS' GROUPS:
Audubon Society
1130
5th Ave.
New York, N.
Y.
10028
Izaak Walton League
1326 Waukegan Road
Glenview, Illinois 60025
IN ENGLAND:
Countryside 1970
Nature Conservancy
19 Belgrave Square
London S.W.
1
Nature Conservancy
1
522
K
Street
Washington, D.
C.
20005
The Wilderness Society
729
15th St., N. W.
Washington, D.
C.
20005
Also, you may have a
free,
full-color booklet titled
011r
Pol111ted P/anet
by writing to Ambassador College. Addresses
are listed on the inside front cover of this magazine.