Sunscreen: Could It Be Toxic??
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Sunscreen: Could It Be Toxic??

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 27, 202650 min

Sunscreen is supposed to protect us from dangerous stuff like cancer, but all over social media, people are saying that we’ve been getting it all wrong. We’re being told that our sunscreen is full of toxic chemicals, that wearing it could mess with our vitamin D levels — even that sunscreen itself actually increases our risk of skin cancer. So, what can the science tell us here? Should we toss our SPF-filled creams and sprays in the bin?? And could the answer here be different depending on your skin tone? We talk to researchers Dr. Brandon Adler, Prof. Rachel...

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Wait, so the melanocytes, the cells that make the melanin, then the melanin is like sunscreen for your DNA, like natural sunscreen for your DNA? Yeah, so like this melanin, it's directly responding to the sun, it's moving up there, and it's wanting to protect you from those UV rays, and in essence protects you from

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the DNA damage that could cause skin cancer. Wow, that's so cool. Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and this is Science Versus. Today on the show, we're pitting facts

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against frying in the sun. ["The Sun"] We're talking about sunscreen. All over social media,

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