HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem D2 - Proclamation: Melanoma MonthWHEREAS, the incidence of melanoma is increasing at an afamung
rate; and
WHEREAS, in 1960, the chance of getting melanoma was 11600 and
in theyear 2000, it is now 1/75; and
WHEREAS, the incidence of melanoma is increasing six percent per
year and
WHEREAS, the risk of getting melanoma is directly related to sun exposure in chiWwod,
especially severe sunburns in childhood; and
WHEREAS, pubfic sun
� se ndhreubcbeha petio about sunepo e.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Seaf Beach to hereby
proclaim May, 2002 as
Melanoma Month
in the City of Seaf Beach to educate the public on the dangers of sun exposure in childhood.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seafofthe City of Seaf
Beach to be affixed this Twenty -second Day of May in the Year Two Thousa - Two.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
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