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"What nastiness are we subjecting ourselves to today?" I have a suspicion that slathering typical consumer sunblock agents (and spraying the out of aerosol can
by rsync 5y ago
"What nastiness are we subjecting ourselves to today?"
I have a suspicion that slathering typical consumer sunblock agents (and spraying the out of aerosol cans, and breathing the sunblock, etc.) is going to seem unwise to future us.
- haimez 5y agoWell… maybe. I mean, certainly we could find out that was the case and that there was a safer sunblock alternative we might have been using if we had only known about it- but compared to what we definitely know today about sun exposure I think this is a bit of a different story, especially for light skinned people.
- rsync 5y agoSorry - I wasn't clear ... I am not contrasting sunblock vs. no sunblock ... I am contrasting cheapy chemical sunblocks vs. pure titanium dioxide (?) which appears to be totally benign/inert and which is easy to purchase in a few different form factors (although not spray, which, again, I think is problematic).
- devb 5y agoYou don't have to suspect these things, because they are correct. Almost all spray sunscreen has been found to contain benzene: https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-sunscreen/ https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects...