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• Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There was a finding a few years ago that while preventing skin cancer, sunscreen was also causing people in some places to get less vitamin d which was increasing instances of colon cancer. The solution isn’t banning sunscreen, it’s making sure people get some small amount of sun or supplements vitamin d.

  Being from Oz I never really considered issues with vitamin d until I moved to the UK for a few years and discovered that limited vitamin d is a real problem in winter. Im not sure on the deficiency you need for colon cancer but a few weeks of little to no Sun really messes with your head and body.

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  • TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Being from Oz

    Did the Wicked movie get the look right? It seems like a fun place apart from all the fascism.

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    • Lodespawn@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The book did it better =)

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• Not_mikey@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  To be fair, non-mineral sunscreens do fuck with your hormones. Still better then skin cancer though.

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  • we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “There are a lot of ingredients in cosmetics, hair care and sunscreen that can act as endocrine mimickers in a lab, meaning they kind of act like a hormone,” Waldman explains.
    But He stresses that, when it comes to chemical sunscreen ingredients, the potential link largely comes from animal studies that likely don’t translate to humans. For instance, in many studies, researchers are feeding large amounts of these ingredients to mice, He explains, which is “not really comparable to a human situation.”

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s quite likely a belief that sunscreen lotion is a bad thing that harms people.

  I mean, it halfway is:

  • “Sunscreen” – stuff with a decently high SPF rating – is a good thing that prevents cancer.

  • “Suntan lotion” – usually glorified coconut oil with fuck-all SPF rating – is a bad thing that harms people.

  • “Sunscreen lotion” – a confused amalgamation of the previous terms – is not a thing and only misleads people by conflating good things with harmful ones.

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  • Arcka@midwest.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Sunscreen lotion” – a confused amalgamation of the previous terms – is not a thing and only misleads people

    So confidently stated yet so very wrong. Citation - an example that’s available nationwide: no-ad.com/product/spf-85-sunscreen-lotion-3-oz/

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  • three@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is not truth everywhere. Where I grew up suntan lotion is sunscreen.

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  • Ixoid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    ‘Lotion’ implies that it’s moisturiser-based, not that it has any tanning properties.

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