As August days of summer pass and we enter Autumn's cooler atmospheres, sunscreen use dramatically declines. Yet the threat of UV damage is always present, even on overcast days where up to 80% of solar UV still penetrates the clouds.

You use less sunscreen for the obvious reason that with cooler temperatures you wear more clothes and keep yourself covered up, which is excellent because shade is the best possible form of UV protection.

However, what body part rarely receives the same protection?

Your hands!

Hands are almost always exposed no matter what the season or outside temperature is. Your hands show age more than any other body part for this reason..Most of us don' t realize the importance of our hands, yet since the handshake is often the first close proximity activity in any new interpersonal relationship, our hands receive a lot of attention.. Since image is so very important in our culture, maintaining youthful appearance for our hands is a distinct concern that most people don't realize.

We don't normally think of hands as needing sunscreen, but they certainly do, and every day.

Next time you think about going outside, remember your hands! Green Screen is not only an excellent sunscreen, but is also a fabulous moizturizer which will keep your hands soft and smooth and enxure the second tactile impression is also a good one.

Remember 90% of the wrinkles we develop are caused by UV damage and defined as 'premature aging' by dermatologists.

Stop premature aging in its tracks. Use Green Screen Natural Sunscreen.

Non-essential metals are defined as metals that have no biological activity - an easy way to determine if a metal is non-essential is compare it to the metals present in a quality daily vitamin. If the name doesn't appear on the ingredient list in a vitamin, it likely has no biological activity and instead will have toxic effects. Most non-essential metals are present in skin care products as various salts, such as aluminum silicate, oxide, hydroxide or stearate.

Non-essential metal exposure has long been associated with development of various diseases. How these metals may cause disease is related to pro-oxidative behavior, which results in many forms of cellular damage, and each metal's capacity to replace essential metals in enzymes and other cellular structures, resulting in abnormal functionality.

Here are a few non-essentail metals often present in sunscreens:

Aluminum - oxidative stress, also associated with Alzhemiers and other cognitive disabilities, often present as the silicate, hydroxide, oxide or stearate, among others.

Titanium - oxidative stress, free radical damage, present as titanium dioxide

Other heavy metals as contaminants - zinc and titanium are both derived from ores that commonly have additional non-essential metals such as lead, antimony, silver and gold. Unless a very high purity mineral sunscreen is used, these contaminants will also end up in the product and on your skin.

Conversely, Green Screen exclusively uses ultra high purity zinc oxide as its sunscreen active ingredient. Zinc is an essential metal and necessary for health.