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Five Years After Being Fired From One Post, Sun Exposure Proponent Keeps Up The Fight

Featured on: Scientific American
Publication date: Jan 30, 2009

Michael Holick was asked to resign from his post in Boston University's dermatology department five years ago for promoting "sensible sun exposure" to prevent vitamin D deficiency. He remains an advocate of the benefits of sun exposure and recently diagnosed a case of rickets caused by vitamin D deficiency.

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