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At 22% zinc oxide, you're going to have a layer of white film all over you which most people prefer not to have that look.
zinc sunscreen rubs in if you keep rubbing. it takes longer, which i guess most people just shrug and give up and assume you are coated in white film, but you can in fact rub it in.
Should I conclude anything from the fact that almost all of the products with high benzene contents are sprays instead of lotions?
Yes. Don't use sprays. You wind up breathing that stuff as well if you do.
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I live at altitude (~8000 ft) and have very fair skin. I burn within 20 minutes of being in direct sunlight. So, I’m not sure what it is I’m supposed to do.
I think what OP is suggesting is to go out 1 min the first day, 2 mins the second day, etc, until you have built up enough melanin in your skin and have a natural defense against it.
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this is interesting. Given the biodiversity of human beings, it should be safe to say that any product may have negative consequences at scale. Certainly the HN crowd can appreciate what it means to work at scale. The fact that J&J knows these consequences exist and plans for them makes them evil? If your company planned on extra engineering resources strictly to assist launch issues, is that evil? Evil comes from th…
One is accepting the risk of not knowing almost infinite amount of chemical interaction of human bodies vs some novel chemistry but still maximizing the safety as its simply the right thing to do for everybody long term, including J&J. The other is accepting the usage of highly-questionable-at-best compounds as part of baby care products, because current bonuses take priority above everything else. Evil comes in many…
Malice or stupidity, they both should be held accountable. They are prepared to be held accountable using this fund.
Why does this stuff make the front page? Gasoline is full of benzene, it's not some death chemical.
Why does this stuff make the front page? Gasoline is full of benzene, it's not some death chemical.
I found this article through a friend of my wife's who is a skincare expert. Check your cabinets. I actually found the Neutrogena lotion that we use in the table of affected products! List of affected products: https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen... List of unaffected products: https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Tab...
– Table 2. Benzene detected at 2 ppm or higher.
– Table 3. Benzene detected at 0.1 ppm to 2 ppm.
– Table 4. Benzene detected at below lower limit of quantification (LLOQ).
I don't understand why people are so eager to slather chemicals on their skin, when we evolved with the sun and it's not hard for most people to avoid sun burn. You just have get sun exposure on a somewhat regular basis (healthy to do anyway) and acclimate between seasons (ie, don't go abruptly from no sun to all the sun).
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Pretty sure age is a big factor. The components of many sunscreens (non mineral) break down into benzene. They recommend throwing out your unused sunscreen after every year.
Sorry to ask, but did you have a source for this?