How Sunscreen Can Kill Fishermen… Literally
- By: Joseph Simonds
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- Found In: Fishing Tips, Salt Strong Podcast
It’s summertime and you know what that means…
Long days outside, on the water, and in the sun.
Of course, healthy families put sunscreen on because everyone knows that if you don’t, overexposure to the sun can cause skin cancer.
But is that the whole story, or just what we’ve been lead to believe?
In the podcast episode, I have Dr. Ben Rall on to talk about the truth behind sunscreen and cancer.
We talk about:
- Sunscreen vs. sunblock (and what the best alternative is)
- Which chemicals to look out for (that are known carcinogens…yet are still used in sunscreen)
- My own cancer story
- What lake fishing has to do with skin cancer
- Why overall health is important for beating cancer (and how you can help prevent it)
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How Sunscreen Can Kill Fishermen [PODCAST]
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The Sunscreen Lie You’ll Never Believe… [VIDEO]
Sunburn: Life Paver Wellness [VIDEO]
Some eye-opening facts in here!
Definitely will make you read the ingredients of sunscreen or sunblock next time you’re shopping.
Resources
- If you want to know what the ingredients in the skin products you use actually are, and whether or not they’re safe, go to the Environmental Working Group’s website at EWG.org.
- If you want to get sunblock without all the bad chemicals and that’s organically made, here are the sunblocks my family uses:
- And if you want to know the main chemicals to watch out for, make sure your sunscreen or sunblock doesn’t have any of the chemicals below:
- Oxybenzone
- Avobenzone
- Benzophenone
- 4 MBC
- Homosalate
- OctoCrylene
- Octinoxate
- The Best Sunscreens of 2019 (and Toxic Ones to Avoid)
- Consumer Reports’ Recommends Sunscreens That Seep Poison Into Your Bloodstream
- Researchers Call for Immediate Revision of Sun Avoidance Recommendations
Conclusion
What are your thoughts about sunscreen and the potentially dangerous ingredients?
Let me know in the comments below!
And to learn more about Dr. Rall and his corporate wellness programs, visit his website:
Thanks for listening and don’t forget to share this episode with someone who uses too much suncreen!
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I do not share Steven Hunter’s anger as a result of this post, but I do agree with Steven’s point that posting these links in isolation is irresponsible. These videos are created by people who make money by telling one side of a story – and as a group, I believe these ‘take what I can get from people’ promoters are doing a lot of harm to our society. I don’t object to you posting their promotions, but I do object to you posting them without inclusion of the other point of view. A simple search of dermatology literature will give you a completely different set of recommendations – because they actually consider both the risk of using the sunscreen AND the risk of not using the sunscreen. THANK YOU for taking the time to keep us thinking about health issues, but PLEASE try a bit harder to present topics in a more complete perspective.
I found this episode to be unbelievably irresponsible. The guest states very quickly at the start that he has no medical or scientific training. There may be negative consequences to sunscreen but the message was lost on me by the rambling of a conspiracy theorist. I am very disappointed in Salt Strong with this presentation.
Slay Strong was a great idea but has succomb to trolling and sending out click bait garbage. I have been on the fence for quite some time about looking elsewhere for entertainment. This episode had potential but like many other recent episodes , it falls dissappointingly short.
Before I say goodbye to Salt Strong, I do want to thanks to Luke for the FG knot. I love it. Sorry guys, this isn’t for me.
Hey Steven,
Great to hear from you, my friend. I want to thank you for taking the time to listen to the podcast and leave your candid thoughts. It’s the only way we can improve (which is our goal day in and day out).
Would you mind sharing your thoughts on how we could have improved this episode? Any specific questions we didn’t cover? Any special guest you would have preferred to hear from on the topic?
What I love most about podcasts is that they are conversations (not lectures), and this topic of sunscreen is near and dear to my heart after going through melanoma at a young age (even though I was always very good about putting sunscreen on – albeit it chemically based sunscreens like we discussed on this episode).
I plan on having more discussions on this subject so I would cherish your feedback.
Hope to hear from you and thank you again for all of the support.
Don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly if we can help you or better serve you in any way.
Joe
Thanks for the info guys. Appreciate your posting this. Did some research after watching this and listening to the podcast. Found this info on safe sun screens that are better for us and better for the ocean reefs. Hope this helps: https://www.hawaii.com/blog/reef-safe-sunscreen/
Good stuff, Michael. Thank you for sharing this. Great blog reference.
Glad to help. Am ordering some of these sun screens to try them out. Will report back once I’ve got some data to share.
Elta has 7% Octinoxate (chemical you should avoid) in it but it’s one the author uses and recommends? I’m confused.
Hey Melissa, where did you see that Elta MD UV Pure Broad Sprectrum SPF 47 has 7% Octinoxate? I haven’t seen this anywhere on their products. But please let me know so we can correct this if it’s not accurate.
Here’s the official Elta page showing both the active and inactive ingredients: https://eltamd.com/product/uv-pure-broad-spectrum-spf-47/
That Elta link above originally took me to the Elta ‘Clear’ product on Amazon. So reader’s beware. Not all Elta products are Octinoxate free. https://eltamd.com/product/uv-clear-broad-spectrum-spf-46/
Great catch! Another reason there is so much confusion on sunscreen.
Wow. What an eye opener! Life changing information, thanks Joe!!
Thank you brother, Greg!!!
For anyone that might be interested, here is the physical sunscreen that I use. For a zinc sunscreen it’s rather easy to apply. It does have a white tint upon application but it fades quickly. My husband and I have been using it for over a year and are pleased and haven’t been burnt.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00142DXVG?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Great recommendation, Carah! Thank you.