Oh the irony! Sunscreen ingrediant linked to skin cancer when activated by sunlight
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 10:58AM
SFH in NIH, Personal Care, Science, Sunscreen, Vitamin A

Source: JulienNarboux (Beach and people.) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

 A key independent science advisory panel has voted to confirm federal researchers' conclusion that retinyl palmitate, a form of vitamin A found in two-fifths of U.S. sunscreens, speeds the development of skin tumors and lesions when applied to the skin in the presence of sunlight...

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