Medical study of 470,000 persons finds sunscreens are dangerous to health

Slapping copious amounts of sunscreen on your kids at the beach is probably going to give them skin cancer when they get older.

The Cancer Council won’t admit it but natural exposure to the sun is just what God designed for humans.

Standing under a hot shower for half an hour can also increase your risk of a multitude of cancers.

Hot water opens skin pores and allows potable water additives chlorine and alum to enter your skin. Over the years medical problems begin.

Here Nicolas Hulscher explains a 2023 study into sunscreens and the ramifications for their long term use.

A 470,000+ person study found sunscreen users faced dramatically higher risk of melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma — even after accounting for major skin cancer risk factors.

by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

A UK Biobank study involving over 470,000 people found that individuals who reported using sunscreen more frequently had substantially higher risk of multiple skin cancers — even after researchers accounted for major confounding factors like age, sex, skin type, tanning ability, sunburn history, sunlamp use, and time spent outdoors.

The findings are worrisome:

MELANOMA: +292% higher risk (RR = 3.92)

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA: +140% higher risk (RR = 2.40)

SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA: +126% higher risk (RR = 2.26)

The researchers categorized sun protection habits from “never/rarely” to “always” and found the strongest associations among the most frequent sunscreen users.

In other words: the more sunscreen use reported, the higher the observed skin cancer risk.

This was an observational study, meaning it cannot prove sunscreen directly caused cancer. However, the study was also not a simplistic comparison of random sunscreen users versus non-users. Researchers statistically accounted for many of the biggest known skin cancer risk factors — including skin color, hair color, tanning ability, childhood sunburns, tanning bed exposure, outdoor time, age, and sex.

Even after all of that, the association remained.

Many chemical sunscreens contain hormone disruptors that are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, including compounds like oxybenzone, octocrylene, and homosalate.

Some formulations have also been found contaminated with benzene, a known human carcinogen.

And then there is the vitamin D issue. Sunlight is how the human body produces vitamin D, a hormone precursor involved in immune regulation, cellular repair, inflammation control, and cancer defense. People who never receive sunlight exposure without sunscreen are likely to become vitamin D deficient.

That does not mean people should recklessly burn in the sun. Sunburns are clearly harmful. Aim for sensible sunlight exposure — spending enough time in the sun reap the benefits without reaching the point of burning. If you’ll be out in the sun for hours on end during mid summer, consider opting for zinc-based (mineral) sunscreens rather than heavily absorbed chemical formulations.

The takeaway is not to fear sunlight, but to respect it.

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19 thought on “Slip, slop, slap is giving you skin cancer”
  1. Slip slop slap? Really! As far as I’m concerned they can apply it where the sun don’t shine.

  2. On the Qld Gold coast in the 80’s there used to be a bloke who would spray some sort of oil all over women sunbathing so I am wondering of the health of all those people .

  3. Numerous chemicals in certain dosages, are known to cause cancer, whether applied topically, in clothes etc., or ingested via breathing, food and drink, some medications etc. or injected.

    The aloe vera plant grows easily and the gel is an excellent skin moisturizer, healer, and sunburn treatment.

    Prevention is better than cure is the still true adage, but Curaderm ointment, made from an eggplant extract, has been known to successfully treat various skin cancers as has cannabis bud oil, where it’s legal,of course.

  4. “Slip, slop, slap is giving you skin cancer”

    Or liver cancer perhaps
    Not to mention all the other toxic potions wrapped in enticing plastic packaging that masquerade as skin and hair care

  5. Over twenty-five years ago I thought I’d see what happened if I stopped washing my hair. Since that day, I have never exposed my hair to any substance whatsoever, not even a single drop of water. My hair is long, full colour, totally clean, smells fragrant and is super healthy. Lady friends are extremely envious. My old cat never washed his fur and it was like silk. Beauty products are one of the oldest scams in history.

  6. There has been a gradual creep over the years to add sunscreen to liquid make-up for women. Now it is difficult to find the product without it. Hordes of women are covering their faces with this poison every day while never being in the sun!
    I queried a young girl in a chemist about the difficulty of finding a brand without SP.. in it. She commented that she thought the additive was a good thing. I just left.

  7. When I was kid we always wore a T-shirt when snorkelling. If we got sunburnt our mums covered us in Chamomile Lotion. It looked like we’d been whitewashed. No problems for me.

  8. Well Possums, skin absorbs things. Just like the lining of your mouth. If you put toxic chemical sht on it expect to be left with toxic chemical sht in it. But hey! Maybe some peeps prefer chemists and sht rather than common sense.

  9. A couple of hints,
    One is, the skin and breast cancers seem to thrive on lactose so cut your cows’ milk out and use oat milk instead, that should slow it down a bit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Plant Heavy cream has about half the lactose of milk but better to delete lactose altogether.
    Two is, they are saying coconut cream draws metals out and the proof is it goes grey quickly if you leave it on metal like aluminium. If you make an indian type of curry you can throw in coconut cream and it probably makes it a lot nicer, they say you should have it with protein and fat such as butter ( the butter lactose ends up in the buttermilk ).

  10. Just BTW, folks, the good news is that “cancer” is a trivial disease, easily remedied for anyone with the good sense and motivation to do so.
    .
    Just like thirst is a trivial disease, but you’ll still die if you fail to address it.
    .
    And just BTW, for analogy, if you go to the mercenary death workers aka “health care professionals” with a nasty case of thirst, they’ll have you swallowing buckets of metho and then cry crocodile tears when you croak (as they cash their juicy government bonus checks).

  11. dianedraytonbuckland said – “… Politicians, Industry, Australian Dental Association, Australian Medical Association powerful and relentless Pro-Fluoridation Lobbyists – it is absolute madness !”
    .
    No it’s not, Di, it’s not “madness”, in fact nothing could be further from the truth.
    .
    It’s entrenched, it’s institutionalised. it’s meticulously systematic, it’s frigidly impartial and utterly mercilessly planned and calculated, and it’s all completely, thoroughly and comprehensively intentional with no shred of empathy or sympathy or regret or remorse whatsoever.
    .
    And we’ve all consented to it, because we all willingly submitted to it for DECADES without complaint. Because that’s the way it is in the Wild Wild West when we all swallowed the Kool Aid, and them thar’s the rules of the game, the eugenic Globalist game, the genocidal baby-eating game, the anti-Human Luciferian game, the blood-drenched predatory Vampire game.
    .
    And that’s how it is, and that’s how it will stay, until Mr. Rope and Mr. Lamp Post ride into town to discuss some NEW rules for our self-annointed Masters of the Universe.

  12. The highest rate of skin cancers in the world and the most heavily fluoridated (shocking chemicals) in the world. You can get skin cancers where the sun has never been.
    Also see >

    Health Effects Database – Fluoride Action Network
    FAN’s comprehensive catalog of fluoride research, including detailed summaries and exhaustive references for over 80 aspects of fluoride toxicity.  
    A gold mine of information for anyone interested in the science.
    https://fluoridealert.org/researchers/health_database/  
    ——-

    Research Report – Australia is in crisis – Epidemics of Chronic Diseases, Mental Health, Disorders/Behavioural Disorders, Drug and Alcohol Addictions, Domestic Violence and Street Crime and Violence and Dental Crisis.
    AN IN DEPTH INVESTIGATION to get to the bottom of why the health of Australians is in a shocking state .
    The Truth of Water Fluoridation Chemicals from page 47 on.
    We should all be getting safe water NOT water polluted with Toxic, Neurotoxic, Cancer Causing, Endocrine Disrupting dangerously corrosive industrial waste pollutants Fluorosilicic Acid / Sodium Fluorosilicate with co-contaminants of lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, thallium, beryllium and more (known as water fluoridation chemicals) and also added is aluminium sulphate / as a flocculant  to clear the turbid poisonous chemical cocktail of water fluoridation chemicals.  
    To say it is allegedly criminally insane of any Governments to do this and continue doing this is an understatement.  
    Politicians, Industry, Australian Dental Association, Australian Medical Association powerful and relentless Pro-Fluoridation Lobbyists – it is absolute madness !  
    Please read particularly what water fluoridation chemicals are from page 47 on.  
    https://tinyurl.com/4nj3r34c

  13. Already had the basal skin cancer. On my face, where as a grown up, I used to use sunscreen! Fast forward about 25 -30 years later, the only area of my body to have skin cancer – or any cancer for that matter- was where I used the sunscreen. Sunscreen didn’t exist when I was a kid. The sun is needed to convert – cholesterol (you know the stuff all the good doctors tell you, you must keep very low) – into Vit D for your body! You need as much cholesterol as your body can take!! It ALL gets converted. Never had a cholesterol test, Vit D test and ensure I’m eating healthily with a lot of home grown vegs and fruits.

  14. Joey : when I was mustering cattle on horseback in central Australia the temperature was on average 45 deg C dry heat and my upper torso was a dark as many of the blackfellas and I have never had any problems with skin cancer and I know not of anyone else out there who had either but heading to coastal regions I noticed a fair proportion of people who do what you say of water ,that could be a contributing factor .

  15. Natural sunlight doesn’t cause cancer, it’s an essential light source + nutrient. Unless, if you bake in it during the middle of a sunny day, such as on a sandy bright beach, in the middle of a desert etc.

    Also, don’t overdue wearing sunglasses all day, unless it’s during the middle of a bright sunny day, to protect the eyes from excessive blinding reflective glare, such on a bright sandy beach, snow etc.

    It’s the chemical cocktails that you put onto the skin, which are/ get absorbed straight into the bloodstream. These chemicals also pollute the rivers, oceans & waterways from those that bath in it, who applied such cocktails onto their skins.

    𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙣 𝙀𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩⛅
    •Sᴜɴʟɪɢʜᴛ ɪs ᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ғᴏʀ ᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ (ᴇ.ɢ., ɪᴛ ʜᴀʟᴠᴇs ᴏᴜʀ ʀɪsᴋ ᴏғ ᴅʏɪɴɢ ᴏʀ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ), ʏᴇᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴡᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀ ɪs ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛᴏ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅ ɪᴛ.

    •Wʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴠɪᴛᴀᴍɪɴ D ɪs ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪᴢᴇᴅ, ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs, ᴀɴɪᴍᴀʟs ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʙᴇɪɴɢs ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ (ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏᴄᴜs ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇ.

    •Oɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇғɪɴɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪsᴛɪᴄs ᴏғ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ʟɪғᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴀʟ ᴇxᴘᴏsᴜʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ʟɪɢʜᴛ. Wʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴠɪᴇᴡᴇᴅ ᴀs ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇʟʏ ʙᴇɴɪɢɴ, ɪɴ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ, ғᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴsᴛʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀ ʀᴏᴏᴛ ᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴍʏʀɪᴀᴅ ᴏғ ɪɴᴇxᴘʟɪᴄᴀʙʟᴇ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀᴀʟ ɪʟʟɴᴇssᴇs.

    •Oɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋᴇʏs ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ᴏғ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ɪs ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴜᴄᴛ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ. Iɴ ᴛᴜʀɴ, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜɪs ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ɪs ᴅɪsʀᴜᴘᴛᴇᴅ (ᴇ.ɢ., ʙʏ ᴡᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ɢʟᴀssᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟᴇɴsᴇs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴀʀᴛs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏᴍᴀɢɴᴇᴛɪᴄ sᴘᴇᴄᴛʀᴜᴍ) ᴀ ᴠᴀʀɪᴇᴛʏ ᴏғ sɪɢɴɪғɪᴄᴀɴᴛ ɪʟʟɴᴇssᴇs ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘ.

    📎 https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-light-is-an-essential-nutrient

  16. Some years ago I was crayfishing on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula VFNQ and because I was the dory driver I thought it would be a good idea to cover my shoulders with sunscreen , a few days later the skin on my shoulders opened like a knife had split the skin and that wound weaped fluid so since then I don’t use the stuff .

  17. Some years ago the Health Ranger, Mike Adams, claimed that sunscreens, in tandem with the mosquito spraying formulas local councils use, could have similar effects.
    But the basics of it are that it is advisable that you do not put anything on your skin that you wouldn’t put in your mouth.

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