Study: Many Sunscreens May Be Accelerating Cancer - AOL News

I don't want this to be an alarmist blog regarding skin care however I read this article on huffingtonpost which details harm from sunscreen chemicals. I just wanted to add this to article to generate more awareness on this issue.

Here's a snippet.  Follow the link if you want to read the full article.

In their annual report to consumers on sunscreen, they say that only 39 of the 500 products they examined were considered safe and effective to use.

The report cites these problems with bogus sun protection factor (SPF) numbers:

• The use of the hormone-disrupting chemical oxybenzone, which penetrates the skin and enters the bloodstream.
• Overstated claims about performance.
• The lack of needed regulations and oversight by the Food and Drug Administration.

But the most alarming disclosure in this year's report is the finding that vitamin A and its derivatives, retinol and retinyl palmitate, may speed up the cancer that sunscreen is used to prevent.
Study: Many Sunscreens May Be Accelerating Cancer - AOL News