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But what about the sunscreen with ingredients that are carcinogenic before you even need to consider UV protection?
by dylan604 1y ago
But what about the sunscreen with ingredients that are carcinogenic before you even need to consider UV protection?
- Nursie 1y agoI mean, that’s a whole separate question really. Alongside which constituents may be long-lasting and harmful to (for example) marine life.
- XorNot 1y agoYes that would be serious so I suppose in an actual specific case regarding some specific real ingredients in products, we could discuss that.
- jonahhorowitz 1y agoThere have been cases of benzene being detected in sunscreen. It's not an intentional ingredient, just one that is common in industrial manufacturing. I don't think that's what the parent was worried about though. https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/beware-of-benzene-shining-a-light-on-sunscreen-spray-contamination/ https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/beware-of-benzene-shining-a-li...
- dylan604 1y agoNo, benzene was specifically what I was thinking of to the point that I assumed it was so well known that it wasn't question as being a thing any more. Just like asbestos in baby powder
- Nursie 1y agoThat’s thankfully no longer really a thing - the world has realised that there is no such thing as asbestos-free talc, so baby powder is now mostly corn-starch AFAICT.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoIf you drive gas car there’s far more benzene around you than in sunscreen.
- dylan604 1y agoOkay, and? If you can’t see a difference in benzene as a byproduct vs an ingredient people lather in their skin and rub in sold as a way to protect against skin cancer while giving you chances of a different cancer as something totally different, then your being deliberately obtuse and not contributing to this conversation in any meaningful way.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoMy point is benzene is all around you. You willingly breathe it vs accidental trace amounts in a vital product.
- Qem 1y agoIIRC Robocop predicted this.