Posted on 08/04/2015 3:01:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Often spoon-fed alarmist hype by green activist groups, reporters rarely get the science right about the risks associated with trace chemicals found in consumer products. Accordingly, kudos go to the author of a piece published on Fox News (originally published on Health.com), which debunks activist-generatedmisinformation about chemicals used to make sunscreens. In the past, I have pointed out that Fox News has blindly reported misinformation pushed by greens, particularly the Environmental Working Group, so this latest report is refreshing.
The story explains:
[T]he skin experts Health talked to were adamant that we should be more worried about shielding our skin from the sun’s harmful UV rays than about the chemical makeup of the products we’re using to do that.
“Five million Americans are treated for skin cancer each year, and an estimated 9,940 people will die of melanoma”— the deadliest type of skin cancer— ”in 2015,” Steven Wang, MD, head of dermatological surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, told Health. “The biggest precaution that you should be taking is using sunscreen. There is enough research at this point from various credible bodies that say sunscreens are safe and, when used appropriately, will reduce skin cancer.”
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
Reporters rarely get anything right, unless the truth will somehow hurt a Conservative.
Wait I thought viagra caused melanoma and not the sun.
But, unfortunately, we have people over-using sunscreen so that they are not getting the aid of the sun in activiting vitamin D in their bodies.
activiting = activating
I was out in the field and a guy was swatting mosquitos like crazy.
“You want some bug spray - I’ve got 40% or 100% DEET.”
“Jeez - 100%!? No thanks! And I just put some spray on. All -natural, 0% DEET.” (SWAT!)
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