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Does volatility imply constituents? A quick search shows that oxybenzone is a compound containing two carbon rings.
Benzene is used as a precursor for many solvents (in addition to being one itself). IIRC, many things are washed with benzene derivatives and that's where a lot of contamination concern is.
Why does this stuff make the front page? Gasoline is full of benzene, it's not some death chemical.
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).
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.
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Not sarcasm. After driving electric for a while (used are affordable... at least until the last couple months when the price of used cars went through the roof), the smell of gasoline seems especially pungent.
Funny you say that because I specially like the smell of gasoline, kind of like smell of glue or diesel exhaust. I know, kind of weird but I know a lot of other people who are in the same boat.
I'm quite surprised that some mineral sunscreens contain benzene too... I thought the only use of benzene would be as a reactant in the synthesis of some of the chemical sunscreens only.
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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.
Is there any basis to this theory, at all, in science?
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> Johnson and Johnson - which just payed out on a case relating to cancer from baby-powders I asked this question in another post and did not get a reply. The US links sited state no evidence for talc causing cancer. A search of the NHS website also suggests no clear evidence [1]. Cancer Research (a respected UK charity) give a layman's summary (albeit focusing on ovarian cancer), stating no clear evidence and pointi…
>The US links sited state no evidence for causing cancer. It's benzine. It's a known carcinogen, no need for empiricism here.
What if skin cancer was actually caused by sun screen? Wouldn't that be ironic, don't ya think?
Well that’s what this is saying, some sunscreens contain unacceptably high levels of carcinogens. It’s not a huge logical leap to go from there to some people getting skin cancer from the sunscreen. That doesn’t mean you aren’t also at risk of getting skin cancer from excess sun exposure.
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).
I have burnt a child though their t-shirt. I have burnt my eyes and have burnt my skin rather too often.
Even vaguely light skin gets burnt with a short duration exposure in January or February.
I think you are under-appreciating people fierce it gets.
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).