The sunscreen myth: could it really be causing skin cancer? | Antiviral

Overblown concerns about potential dangers of a common chemical threaten to undermine scientific evidence to the contrary

Because of his job as a dermatologist, Dr Deshan Sebaratnam frequently gets asked questions by friends, family and strangers about skin treatments. But lately, he says, he has been confronted by a lot of myths around sunscreens", especially on his social media feed.

Among the most frequent is that sunscreen can actually cause skin cancer", says Sebaratnam, a conjoint associate professor at the University of New South Wales.