Geez. You try to follow all of the smart advice -- avoid getting too much sun, or at least use sunscreen and you won't get skin cancer! According to this study by the EWG, some companies put chemicals in their sunscreens that could actually give you cancer. WalMart's No-Ad, for example. Just about any sunscreen you've picked up real quick from the supermarket probably had vitamin A (retinyl palmitate) and oxybenzone. Apparently those ingredients could be hormone disruptors or cause lesions and increase your risk of cancer.
The report suggests that this is because the FDA is being slow to approve new chemicals. Seriously? How did those other chemicals get approved for skin care in the first place? If they're so dangerous, why are they still on the market when things like trans fats and infant cold medicine has been banned?
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