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Sun and outdoor safety

Find out about sun safety and how to keep your child safe when they are playing outdoors.

  1. Playing outside your home
  2. ​Playgrounds and play near roads
  3. Child safety around the farm

Sun safety

  1. Preventing sunburn in children
  2. Heat exhaustion and heatstroke in children
 

Sun and Outdoor safety

  • Playing outside your home
  • Playgrounds and play near roads
  • Child safety around the farm
  • Preventing sunburn in children
  • Heat exhaustion and heatstroke in children

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