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AOL news has recently discovered that the FDA has known that sunscreens can cause and contribute to skin cancer for more than 10 years and has refused to ban them.
Please do extensive research before you slather toxic chemicals onto the largest organ in your body - your skin.
There are better, healthier and safer alternatives.
AOL news has recently discovered that the FDA has known that sunscreens can cause and contribute to skin cancer for more than 10 years and has refused to ban them.
Here's the link from last year, if anyone wants to read it for themselves ..
AOL news has recently discovered that the FDA has known that sunscreens can cause and contribute to skin cancer for more than 10 years and has refused to ban them.
Please do extensive research before you slather toxic chemicals onto the largest organ in your body - your skin.
There are better, healthier and safer alternatives.
20yrsinBranson
Yes and I"m trying to get away from the stuff myself. If I was perfectly responsible, I'd do it this way: I'd start sunbathing in the spring as early as I could get out every day for about 10 minutes at first and I'd build up. I'd wear a hat though. This would give you vitamin D naturally and it would give you a nice base tan--I have been doing that lately and it's quite pleasant. I believe I'd still buy sunscreen for places like Hawaii though, b/c I am quite white but I hate the stuff b/c it breaks out my skin so bad--I get these gi-normous pimples. If I am going to be out all day, I just cover up--too old to look hot in a swimsuit anyway.
I also read that the supplement astaxanthin has photo protective benefits and will minimize damage to your skin and eyes from the sun. It's the same nutrient that makes flamingoes pink but it won't turn you flamingo colored.
I agree, I just don't think people realize how much less you actually get with the spray. I also prefer to have a choice, especially on a necessity like sunscreen
i actually use significantly less with spray on. i apply it before i leave the house, so no blowing away for me. and it covers my skin much easier, without using gobs of the cream. i think it's easy to waste it if you're not careful though, but i'm careful. when i apply outside, i find something to block the wind. also, it's a nice even application. sometimes i miss spots with the cream altogether.
"People don't get the high SPF they pay for," the report says. "People apply about a quarter of the recommended amount. So in everyday practice, a product labeled SPF 100 really performs like SPF 3.2, an SPF 30 rating equates to a 2.3 and an SPF 15 translates to 2."
there's why your tubes are lasting so long folks....
Three things I get from the latest data on sunscreens. 1) SPFs in excess of 50 are ineffective and perhaps even dangerous. 2) look for certain chemicals in the product, that may promote / accelerate melanoma, and avoid those. See the websites for the specific chemicals. 3) Spray ons are often in the dangerous lists for both items 1) and 2).
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