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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly Berlin

Netherlands to provide free sun cream to tackle record skin cancer levels

Beachgoers in Bloemendaal aan Zee, the Netherlands
Beachgoers in Bloemendaal aan Zee, the Netherlands. Photograph: Koen van Weel/EPA

Citizens of the Netherlands are to be offered free sun protection this summer in an effort to tackle record levels of skin cancer in the country.

Sun cream dispensers will be made available this summer in schools and universities, at festivals, parks, sports venues and open public spaces across the country, according to the government.

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