it s just 20% contained. seems like we have heard this one before, volcano ash forces flight cancellations. well this time the volcano is in chile and it s been erupting for 11 days. the ash drifted all the way to australia and new zealand, disrupting flights there. 70,000 passengers have been affected. ash clouds could cause problems at least for a week. now to medical news. the government is taking aim at one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer, melanoma, kills one person every hour. so the fda has now new regulations for sunscreens to help people protect themselves. lisa stark has the details. reporter: all these years we have been slathering on the sunscreen. with all those confusing labels. spf 15, spf 50, waterproof. water resistant. we have been thinking we are protecting ourselves. and more importantly our children. people were getting a false sense of security with sunscreens the way they were. reporter: a troubling thing has happened. despite the explosion of sale
turns out there is more to protecting your health than just the number on the sunscreen bottle. starting next summer, consumers should look for the term broad spectrum along with an spf number of 15 or higher. under the new label only sunscreens that pass fda s test for protection against uva and uvb rays can be labeled as broad spectrum. reporter: here s why. the spf number overly refers to protection against uvb rays, the kind that can cause sunburn and may contribute to skin cancer, but it doesn t mean protection against uva rays they go much deeper and cause premature aging and contribute to skin cancer. they re equally dangerous and you really need broad spectrum protection. this will save lives. reporter: how much do you read the label of sunscreens? probably not that often. it s not something i think about. reporter: the fda s hope is, people, especially young women will think about sun exposure. thanks to the new labels. for some reason we are seeing a lot more sk
this morning on world news now new guidelines for sunscreen. the federal government is stepping in with new rules and packaging and also labels. but why? we sort out fact from fiction as the fda cracks down. it s wednesday, june 15th. good morning, everyone, i m peggy bunker. i m daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. the fda is calling for all new labeling with all new language on packages of sunscreen. you need to look for something more than the familiar spf numbers to protect your skin from the sun s harmful rays. really you can t alloy too much sunscreen these days. no. some countries for instance,
or was pushed aside. pushed aside. she is so famous on broadway putting together incredible productions. we think we should take the show on the road and have a world news now field trip and go. we need to talk to our senior producers about that. or turn this into a broadway production. do song, dance numbers. only if you wear the outfit. we begin now with new action against a disease that kills one american every hour. unbelievable numbers. we re talking about melanoma skin cancer. we ve been told using sunscreen will protect us, but the government says it just doesn t do enough. the fda issued sweeping new guidelines and diana alvear joins us with details. good morning. reporter: peggy, daniel, good morning. here s the bad news. we now have to learn another term when it comes to protecting our skin from the sun. the good news is, it s super easy. all you have to do is remember two words, broad spectrum.