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The sunscreen myth: How sunscreen products actually promote cancer
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The idea that sunscreen prevents cancer is a myth. It's a myth promoted by a profit-seeking tag-team effort
between the cancer industry and the sunscreen industry. The sunscreen industry makes money by selling
lotion products that actually contain cancer-causing chemicals. It then donates a portion of that money to the
cancer industry through non-profit groups like the American Cancer Society which, in turn, run heart-breaking
public service ads urging people to use sunscreen to "prevent cancer."
The scientific evidence, however, shows quite clearly that sunscreen actually promotes cancer by blocking the
body's absorption of ultraviolet radiation, which produces vitamin D in the skin. Vitamin D, as recent studies
have shown, prevents up to 77 of ALL cancers in women (breast cancer, colon cancer, cervical cancer, lung
cancer, brain tumors, multiple myeloma... you name it). Meanwhile, the toxic chemical ingredients used in
most sunscreen products are actually carcinogenic and have never been safety tested or safety
approved by the FDA. They get absorbed right through the skin (a porous organ that absorbs most
substances it comes into contact with) and enter the bloodstream.
The benefits of sunscreen are a myth. Proponents say sunscreen prevents sunburn, but in fact, the real cause
of sunburn is not merely UV exposure: It is a lack of antioxidant nutrition. Start eating lots of berries and
microalgae (spirulina, astaxanthin, blue-green algae, etc.), and you'll build up an internal sunscreen that
will protect your skin from sunburn from the inside out. Sunburn is actually caused by nutritional
deficiencies that leave the skin vulnerable to DNA mutations from radiation, but if you boost your nutrition
and protect your nervous system with plant-based nutrients, you'll be naturally resistant to sunburn. The
same nutrients, by the way, also protect the optic nerve and eyes from radiation damage. That's why the
consumption of berries and carrots, for example, has historically been associated with healthy eye function.
(The same nutrients that protect the eyes also protect the skin.)
Medical nonsense
If sunscreen is so bad for humans, you might ask, then why do so many doctors recommend using it? This
might be hard for you to believe, but it wasn't too long ago that doctors routinely recommended smoking
cigarettes, too. The Journal of the American Medical Association, in fact, ran numerous ads promoting
Camels as "recommended by more doctors than any other cigarette!" Doctors talked up the "benefits" of
smoking cigarettes, urging people to start smoking in order to improve brain function or even -- get this -make their teeth stronger!
The truth is doctors are easily influenced by commercial interests and can be readily convinced to
recommend practically any product, no matter how toxic, unhealthy or deadly to consumers. Just look at how
many doctors wrote prescriptions for Vioxx, for example, after being visited by a Vioxx drug rep pushing it as
a "miracle drug" for joint pain.
Also keep in mind that doctor-prescribed medications are the fourth leading cause of death in
America today. About 100,000 Americans die each year from following the advice of their doctor. Does it
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really make any sense to get your health advice from a group of professionals who kill more Americans each
year than all the terrorists have ever killed in the history of this country? Besides, doctors know that if they
start recommending sunlight and vitamin D, they'll lose patients and profits because people will start
getting well and have no need to keep visiting the doctor. Vitamin D, as you will learn in our free report, The
Healing Power of Sunlight and Vitamin D, prevents not only cancer, but also diabetes, osteoporosis,
depression, heart disease and obesity. It's the miracle nutrient of the millennium, and yet the entire medical
profession tries desperately to pretend that vitamin D has no biological function whatsoever. Hence the
support of sunscreen (the anti-vitamin D product).
Sunscreen directly promotes vitamin D deficiency. You show me a person who regularly uses sunscreen,
and I'll show you a person who's on the road towards cancer and other degenerative diseases. People who
use sunscreen are killing themselves and they don't even know it!
The sunscreen marketing con
The marketing of sunscreen is another great example of consumer product companies fabricating a need in
order to sell a high-profit product made mostly with toxic chemicals. There is no need for sunscreen, but the
cancer industry and sunscreen manufacturers have created a fictitious need through a campaign of fear and
disinformation, hypnotizing practically the entire population into believing one of the most ridiculous ideas in
the universe: that sunlight is bad for human health.
Think about it. Our ancestors did not have indoor lighting; they exposed their skin to the sun regularly. They
didn't run and hide from the sun, they used it as nourishment to generate a crucial vitamin that supports
human health in a multitude of ways. The idea that "the sun is bad for you" makes about as much sense as
"water is bad for you" or "the Earth is flat." This persistent myth was invented, marketed and publicized by an
industry that profits from a gullible public believing demonstrable falsehoods.
But why would the cancer industry go along with the deception, you might ask? Because the continued
commercial success of the cancer industry depends on more people getting cancer. In previous
articles, I've clearly shown that the cancer industry has no interest whatsoever in preventing cancer. The
industry, in fact, takes steps to interfere with prevention efforts and thereby ensure the growth in the number
of future cancer patients.
The American Cancer Society, for example, still will not recommend that anyone take vitamin D supplements,
even though the vitamin can prevent nearly 4 out of 5 cancers. The cancer industry simply has no interest in
preventing cancer. It is only interested in treating cancer and profiting from those treatments. (That's why
genuine cancer cures have been routinely suppressed, censored or discredited in the United States.) Read my
book, Natural Health Solutions and the Conspiracy to Keep You From Knowing About Them, to learn the
shocking truth about how the cancer industry really operates in America today.
The promotion of sunscreen products is a way for the cancer industry to ensure future profits from the
treatment of cancer. The more people use sunscreen products, the more they'll get cancer. And that's
due to two primary reasons: 1) Sunscreen blocks vitamin D production, a nutrient that strongly prevents
cancer, and 2) Sunscreen products almost always contain cancer-causing chemicals that are absorbed through
the skin and enter the bloodstream where they cause severe DNA damage, leading to cancer.
Seven important questions about
sunscreen
The next time you see some public service advertisement urging you to smother yourself and your children
with sunscreen chemicals, think hard before taking action. Ask yourself these seven commonsense questions:
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1) Is the sun really dangerous to humans? If so, how did humans survive for the last 350,000 years on planet
Earth?
2) Have the chemicals used in sunscreen products ever been safety tested or approved by the FDA? (The
answer is no.)
3) Who financially benefits when you keep buying and using sunscreen products?
4) What is the environmental impact of sunscreen chemicals washing off into the ocean, a lake, a swimming
pool or being washed down the drain in your shower?
5) Sunscreen manufacturers say the skin doesn't absorb their chemicals. If that's true, then how do nicotine
patches work? How do transdermal drugs get absorbed through the skin if sunscreen chemicals don't?
(Answer: ALL these chemicals get absorbed through the skin. The skin is not selective about what it chooses
to absorb.)
6) If the sun is so dangerous, then why is the vitamin generated by sunlight (vitamin D) so healthy for
humans? Why would humans evolve a mechanism for generating a vitamin from sunlight if we weren't
supposed to be exposed to sunlight in the first place?
7) If sunlight is so dangerous, then why is virtually every living creature on planet Earth dependent on
sunlight for survival? Plants use sunlight to generate their nutrition, too, and most animals eat either plants or
other animals that originally ate plants. Nearly all life on planet Earth is powered by sunlight. Why does
the cancer industry believe sunlight causes death when, in reality, sunlight delivers life?
Once you answer these questions, the reality of the situation becomes obvious: Sunlight is good for you,
and sunscreen is a hoax.
Action items
Be sure to read our free report on this: The Healing Power of Sunlight and Vitamin D. This provides tips on
how to safely gauge your level of exposure to sunlight. Don't just rush out and get burned; boost your
nutrition and work up a natural tan as nature intended.
See the article: Vitamin D slashes cancer risk by 77 percent.
Visit our topic page on Vitamin D.
If you choose to buy sunscreen, only buy natural sunscreen products containing no petrochemicals! One
brand I recommend is Caribbean Blue Natural Basics "Sun Shield." You can find more at
www.gocaribbeanblue.com
Smearing berries on your skin also works as a natural sunscreen, as does smearing aloe vera gel on your
skin. Amazon Herb Co. distributors use a product called Camu C Serum as a natural suncreen. It works great!
http://www.amazondreams.amazonherb.net
The best sunscreen, however, is an internal sunscreen built with nutrition. Eat chlorella, spirulina, goji berries,
raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, astaxanthin, carrots and nutrient-rich superfoods to boost your skin's
natural UV protection (takes about 30 days of nutrition to boost skin levels).
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