Chuck, I was in a discussion the other day with a co-worker, and he said we can get skin cancer from things besides the sun. What are those covert culprits? – Tom L., San Antonio July is UV Safety Month, so there is no better time to address this question than now. And let’s not forget that the skin is the largest organ in the human body. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 3.5 million cases of basal and squamous cell skin cancers, also known as non-melanoma cancers, are diagnosed annually in the U.S. Melanoma, the more dangerous type, will account for more than 76,600 cases of skin cancer in 2013. It also accounts for roughly 9,000 of the 12,000-plus deaths caused by...
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