{"id":1477158,"date":"2022-05-16T17:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477158"},"modified":"2022-05-16T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:14:51","slug":"fact-check-no-sunscreen-does-not-cause-skin-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-sunscreen-does-not-cause-skin-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, Sunscreen Does Not Cause Skin Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-sunscreen-does-not-cause-skin-cancer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1477158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=500362228456895&#038;set=a.105256511300804&#038;type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims chemicals in sunscreen products cause cancer while the sun does not.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sunscreen protects against skin cancer while excessive sun exposure can cause skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society and dermatologists.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=500362228456895&#038;set=a.105256511300804&#038;type=3&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a>, which has garnered over 60 shares, claims \u201cWith summer around the corner, this is your reminder that the [sun] does not cause cancer. Chemicals in sunscreen baking into your skin does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This claim is not scientifically proven. The sun produces ultraviolet (UV) rays, which are \u201ca form of electromagnetic radiation\u201d that can cause skin cancer, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/healthy\/cancer-causes\/radiation-exposure\/uv-radiation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Cancer Society<\/a>. The society notes the danger the sun poses depends on a number of factors and that only a small percentage of the sun\u2019s rays are UV rays.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aad.org\/media\/stats-sunscreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Academy of Dermatology Association<\/a> states on its website that sunscreen is one of the best ways to protect against the sun\u2019s rays and notes that everyone who is exposed to the sun for any period of time should apply sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher. The website also states that \u201cClaims that sunscreen ingredients are a hazard to human health have not been proven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Experts agreed.\u00a0\u201cThis claim (that \u2018sunscreens cause cancer\u2019) is absolutely incorrect,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henryford.com\/physician-directory\/l\/lim-henry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Henry Lim<\/a>, board member of the International League of Dermatological Societies, in an email to Check Your Fact. Lim explained that although active ingredients of sunscreen can be absorbed into the bloodstream, no association between sunscreen and cancer has ever been reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/02\/18\/fact-check-britney-spears-cancer-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Britney Spears Announce She Has Cancer?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/our-doctors\/ivy-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Ivy Lee<\/a>, a board-certified dermatologist in Los Angeles, concurred with Lim\u2019s statements.\u00a0\u201cThere is extensive scientific evidence that it is ultraviolet radiation from the sun that causes DNA damage in skin cells,\u201d said Lee\u00a0in an email to Check Your Fact. \u201cThe cumulative DNA damage leads to skin cancer. Scientific evidence also supports sunscreen as an effective way to protect one\u2019s skin from the sun and decrease risk of skin cancer and premature aging from ultraviolet radiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunscreens have, on occasion, been subject to recalls for harmful chemicals found within them. In September 2021, the sunscreen company Coppertone issued a recall of multiple aerosol sunscreen sprays due to the presence of the carcinogen benzene, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/safety\/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts\/coppertoner-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-specific-lots-pure-simple-spf-50-spray-2021-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FDA announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDaily exposure to benzene at the levels detected in these affected Coppertone aerosol sunscreen spray products would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences based on generally accepted exposure modeling by numerous regulatory agencies,\u201d the announcement stated.<\/p>\n<p>A similar recall was announced in July 2021 for five Johnson &#038; Johnson aerosol sunscreen products, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/staying-healthy\/sunscreen-makers-withdraw-products-found-to-contain-cancer-causing-substance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harvard Health Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared on Facebook claims chemicals in sunscreen products cause cancer while the sun does not.Verdict: False Sunscreen protects against skin cancer while excessive sun exposure can cause skin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":1483332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1477158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}