EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is encouraging people to wear sunscreen and meet with their dermatologist after he was treated for skin cancer.
On Sunday afternoon, Zeldin posted to his personal social media account that he was grateful to the medical team at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center that removed basal cell carcinoma from his face.
“PSA: Wear sunscreen and get your skin checked,” Zeldin said on X, which was reposted by his official agency feed, too. “I’m relieved to be cancer-free, and I want to share my experience to help raise awareness for you and the people you care about.”
The administrator said the cancerous spot started as “a small, pearl-colored, dome-shaped lesion” on his nose. Luckily, it’s a common, slow-growing skin cancer and his dermatologist, using Mohs surgery, eliminated all the cancerous tissue, he said.
