Sunscreen ingredient may pose skin cancer risk, researchers find
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 05:00
in Health & Medicine
(Phys.org) -- As vacationers prepare to spend time outdoors this summer, many of them will pack plenty of sunscreen in hopes it will protect their bodies from overexposure, and possibly from skin cancer. But researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are discovering that sunscreen may not be so safe after all.
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