Tommy Nagle comes from generations of Pennsylvania farmers. He’s a cattle and row crop farmer himself. Many of his family members had melanoma, a type of skin cancer.
“My grandfather had it. My uncles have it. We’re exposed to the sun a lot more than average people, because our jobs are mainly outside. It is something that is prevalent in farmers due to increased sun exposure 365, 14 hours a day,” Nagle said.
Nagle serves as vice president for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau. He’s always looking for safety information to share with agricultural professionals. A recent study by Pennsylvania State University scientists shows that the high incidence of melanoma in his family of farmers is part of a pattern…