Posted on 07/06/2024 1:14:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Swedish researchers at the Umeå University argue that there´s not enough evidence proving benefits of sunscreens.
One of the most increasing forms of cancer in Sweden, skin cancer is linked to sun exposure and many believe in the use of sunscreens for guaranteed protection.
According to the Radiation Safety Authority, applying sunscreen provides protection from the sun, yet researchers at the Umeå University are doubting the results. “The scientific support that sunscreen protects against skin cancer is weak. Therefore, one should be careful in recommending it as a protection,” said Bengt Järvholm, a senior physician and professor at Umeå.
He linked his doubt to the increase in skin cancer in Sweden, despite the rising use of sunscreen. “It cannot be explained by an increased frequency of reporting to the cancer registry as the mortality rate in malignant melanoma is also increasing,” stated Järvholm.
The risks associated with using sunscreen are not known and have not been scientifically established. “Some substances pass through the skin, which can be measured by studying the presence of the substances or their breakdown products in the urine. The risks of this are not fully known,” said Järvholm.
I use mud. I saw it in a documentary when I was a kid. This guy named Dutch Schaefer used it to prevent burns when operating in the jungle.
It works well but you have to work harder to get laid.
Rush Limbaugh had a say in this matter. He had the opinion sunscreen caused skin cancers. He suspected the ingredients.
I suspect he was right. The EU bans many of the ingredients found in US manufactured sun screens.
If I go to Myrtle Beach and use sunscreen, I have a great week. If I go to Myrtle Beach and don’t use sunscreen, I have a terribly painful week. That’s use enough for me.
I rarely use sunscreen, but I use very good skin lotion containing retinol and collagen to make sure my skin is moisturized. That said, I have had 15-20 basal cell carcinomas over the last 40 years. The last four I had I cured using a baking soda/DMSO/Iodine/Hydrogen Peroxide mixture. I apply it to a Band Aid and let it work on the cancer overnight. It might take a few months to cure it, but it does work.
Referencing protection from the sun, I did have a few outside jobs in my teens and 20s but spent most of my career as an engineer in an inside environment. My brother, on the other hand, worked in the oil field for probably a decade in CO, WY, and NE. He never used sunscreen back then and probably worked 10-14 hours a day. Never had any skin cancer as far as I know.
I’m one who doesn’t use sunscreen. I’ll burn once when the weather warms up, then tan after that. Lots of outside work over the decades, including quite a bit in Arizona, and never any skin cancer. Of course, I do keep a pretty good eye on my numerous moles.
If I use sunscreen I won’t get sunburned.
I go for SPF 5476. Seems to work.
increases in cancers you say?
gee... maybe it has something to do with that mrna mystery jab
naaaahhh
keep your immune system up and your body deals with sun exposure fine, and you don’t have possible exposure to cancer via ingredients in sunscreen.
Worst sunburn I ever got was in Denmark. Of course, it had something to do with being nude and the parts that burned hadn’t been exposed to the sun since I was probably around 2. Looked like I was wearing cherry red boxers.
Exactly. And I maintain that the use of sunscreen prevents the body from producing Vitamin D. I am fair-skinned, and I stopped using that junk about 12 years ago.
Ask me in 5 billion years.
There are reports that sun screen can cause lymphoma. I’ve had skin cancer and lymphoma, and I can tell the lymphoma was a much worse experience.
” Is Sunscreen Useless?”
Worse than useless, for several reasons. We’ve been played, yet again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAZ3qgSokY
Some of us need to use sunscreen, or we’ll burn to a crisp in 20 minutes. I had sun poison once. Never again.
Same here. I use SPF 50 sunscreen a few times at the beginning of summer on all areas that might burn, and it really helps with that. When a tan has set, I need less and less of it.
I'm not using it to prevent cancer, specifically. Chance rolls the dice on that IMO - or skin type; mine has always tanned readily with no issues so far.
Most sunscreens block
UVB rays but not UVA rays. Your skin doesn’t burn but it still gets damaged.
Does anyone really know if those chemicals are safe?
Do you still trust the FDA?
“Most Skin Cancer Deaths Are From LACK Of Sunlight”
Thanks, I was actually looking for that one. INCREDIBLE that the Dermatologists hired a NEW YORK marking firm to come up with a campaign to panic people into skin cancer fear.
It seems like a lot of it is just genetic. No one can do anything about that!
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