T&T: Best sunscreen

[Jean & Michael]

 I have had skin cancer & use the California Baby sunscreen listed on a link 
from the web site Jeffrey Siegal mentioned.

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/sunscreens2008/brandranks.php

  I believe that 25 years from now people will be asking how any one in the 
past could have actually used some of the chemical based sunscreens 
available today. Kinda like smoking tobacco.

Michael Wilkie
Dancin' Dolphin II
Willow Berm Marina, Cal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Siegel" <jeff at activecaptain.com>
To: <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: T&T: Best sunscreen


> The topic of sunscreen seems like it should be simple.  Just put it on.
> Especially for us boaters.  And it needs to be used every day if you
> have any chance of exposure.
>
> But the reality is that it is way more complex of an issue.  Sunscreens
> aren't regulated and it's pretty hard to know if the product you're
> using actually works.  In addition, it's a material that you're placing
> on large areas of your skin for long periods of time.  Those materials
> are getting absorbed into your system and accumulating in your body.
> And guess what?  Some of the materials used in many of the common
> sunscreens have questionable safety levels.  Some are considered toxic.
>
> The Environmental Working Group did a huge study of more than 700
> sunscreen products.  They found, amazingly, that 84% of the products
> with an SPF of 15 or higher don't adequately protect you or contain
> ingredients with safety concerns.  84% !!  I'll fully admit that we had
> been using one of the less-than-healthy ones on our boat.  But not any
> longer.
>
> There's a small report all about it and a database of all of their
> findings:
> http://www.ewg.org/node/21719
>
> You don't need to sign up for their newsletter in order to get to the
> database.
>
>
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