My DI rotation sites’ commute can range from 7 minutes to 1.5 hours.
My dad jokes that there are two seasons in Chicago: construction season and winter. You can’t forget rush hour which can another podcast episode to your commute 🤪
I’m not mad about the time I spend passively learning through podcasts, but there’s something else at stake.
SUN. EXPOSURE.
Yes. You read that right.
You can STILL get sun exposure in your car. There are two main types of UV rays from the sun that can cause DNA damage ( even for brief exposures ) (1):
- UVB Rays – the ones that cause sunburn
- UBA Rays – cause tanning, skin aging, and wrinkles
Damage from either can lead to skin cancer. According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, glass can block UVB rays decently well, but doesn’t block UVA rays. Windshields are treated to shield form some UVA, but the sunroof, back, and side windows usually aren’t.
This 2013 study examined the effect of sun exposure on facial aging and found that UV exposure seems to be responsible for 80% of visible aging signs (2). We always talk about protecting our face, but what about our hands?!
OH – let’s not forget that we want driving gloves with a grip JIC we want to tap into our inner speed racer, ya know??
What are your thoughts, would you wear driving gloves?
xx hails
References:
(1) Bain, J. (2017, November 16). A Surprising Danger in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Retrieved from https://www.skincancer.org/blog/surprising-danger-planes-trains-automobiles/
(2) Flament, F., Bazin, R., Laquieze, S., Rubert, V., Simonpietri, E., & Piot, B. (2013). Effect of the sun on visible clinical signs of aging in Caucasian skin. Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 6, 221–232. doi:10.2147/CCID.S44686