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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's quite likely a belief that sunscreen lotion is a bad thing that harms people. Found that one out from an old high school crush from FL. She looks like leather now.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was a finding a few years ago that while preventing skin cancer, sunscreen was also causing people in some places to get less vitamin d which was increasing instances of colon cancer. The solution isn't banning sunscreen, it's making sure people get some small amount of sun or supplements vitamin d.

Being from Oz I never really considered issues with vitamin d until I moved to the UK for a few years and discovered that limited vitamin d is a real problem in winter. Im not sure on the deficiency you need for colon cancer but a few weeks of little to no Sun really messes with your head and body.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Being from Oz

Did the Wicked movie get the look right? It seems like a fun place apart from all the fascism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The book did it better =)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] we_avoid_temptation 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

"There are a lot of ingredients in cosmetics, hair care and sunscreen that can act as endocrine mimickers in a lab, meaning they kind of act like a hormone," Waldman explains.
But He stresses that, when it comes to chemical sunscreen ingredients, the potential link largely comes from animal studies that likely don't translate to humans. For instance, in many studies, researchers are feeding large amounts of these ingredients to mice, He explains, which is "not really comparable to a human situation."

EDIT: So no, no they don't in humans.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It’s quite likely a belief that sunscreen lotion is a bad thing that harms people.

I mean, it halfway is:

  • "Sunscreen" -- stuff with a decently high SPF rating -- is a good thing that prevents cancer.

  • "Suntan lotion" -- usually glorified coconut oil with fuck-all SPF rating -- is a bad thing that harms people.

  • "Sunscreen lotion" -- a confused amalgamation of the previous terms -- is not a thing and only misleads people by conflating good things with harmful ones.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This is not truth everywhere. Where I grew up suntan lotion is sunscreen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

'Lotion' implies that it's moisturiser-based, not that it has any tanning properties.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

"Sunscreen lotion" -- a confused amalgamation of the previous terms -- is not a thing and only misleads people

So confidently stated yet so very wrong. Citation - an example that's available nationwide: https://no-ad.com/product/spf-85-sunscreen-lotion-3-oz/