The Canadian Skin Cancer Foundation is reminding Canadians to take the necessary steps to prevent sunburns and skin cancer this summer.

Executive director of the organization Heidi Veluw says sunscreen is one of the best things people can use to help lower the risk of sunburns. She explains the biggest thing for sunscreen is buy it and wear it, the best thing is SPF 30 not lower than that and making sure you re-apply at all times.  She adds mostly your sunscreen starts wearing off in two hours so in Canada where we get very excited about our summer because we have long winters getting a burn is not the best way to go so SPF 30, keep in on you and keep applying especially for little children.

Veluw says preventing sunburns is important in lowering the risk of developing skin cancer as sunburns increase the likelihood by 75 per cent.