School Sunscreen Ban Leaves Student Severely Sunburned
It was scorching pain that could have been avoided.
Violet and Zoe Michener came home from field day so burned that their mother rushed them to the hospital.
The sisters aren’t just fair-skinned. Zoe has a form of albinism that makes her particularly sun-sensitive.
“Yeah, I was crying about my sunburn,” Zoe said.
Mother Jesse Michener of Tacoma, Wash. said she regrets not putting sunscreen on them that morning since it was raining.
Even so, doctors recommend re-applying every 2 to 3 hours when outside but that’s against their school rules.
“They couldn’t even reapply sunscreen without a doctor’s note. They couldn’t carry that in their backbacks,” said Jesse Michener.
The school district said it has to ban sunscreen because it’s state law.
“Because so many additives in lotions and sunscreens cause allergic reaction in children, you have to really monitor that,” said Dan Voelpel, Tacoma School District Spokesman.