Overblown concerns about potential dangers of a common chemical threaten to undermine scientific evidence to the contrary
Because of his job as a dermatologist, Dr Deshan Sebaratnam frequently gets asked questions by friends, family and strangers about skin treatments. But lately, he says, he has been confronted by “a lot of myths around sunscreens”, especially on his social media feed.
Among the most frequent is “that sunscreen can actually cause skin cancer,” Sebaratnam, a conjoint associate professor at UNSW, says.
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