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How to stay safe in the sun this Fourth of July weekend

Kristi Moy, right, helps Kinari Sakamoto apply sunscreen before laying out in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP)
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Kristi Moy, right, helps Kinari Sakamoto apply sunscreen before laying out in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP)

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Dr. Adam Friedman, the chair of dermatology at the The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, about sunscreen and all you need to know before hitting the beach this holiday weekend.

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