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Old 04-05-2025, 07:51 AM
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Default Are sunscreens dangerous?

I use Coppertone Pure & Simple Baby SPF50 sunscreen on my face and exposed parts of my body every morning. It’s 100% mineral (Zinc Oxide). If I stay indoors all day, I put on Australian Gold Botanical SPF30 with or without a beige tint. It has both Zinc and Titanium Oxide, so it leaves less of a white cast. They have no benzene and/or benzophenone, according to ConsumerLab.

Blue Lizard and Pipette are also good brands. For special occasions, I wear chemical sunscreen, which leaves no visible cast.

Are sunscreens dangerous? Yes - if you inhale or eat a whole tube in one day. The doze makes the poison - Too much oxygen will kill you. More than 2 people die of skin cancer in the US every hour. I have not heard of a single death from using sunscreen.

But what do I know… I only worked in cancer research for decades There’s no excuse for not wearing sunscreen in Florida. Just do it. It pains me to see so many of my friends and neighbors getting diagnosed with melanoma and other skin cancers every year.

Last edited by ndf888; 04-05-2025 at 08:00 AM.