People who use strong sunscreen after age 25 are more likely to get skin cancer — but this is probably because they spend more time in the sun, not because the sunscreen itself causes cancer.

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Patterns of Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and Skin Cancer Risk: the E3N-SunExp Study

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2018 Jan 5

People who used sunscreen after age 25 in this study were more likely to get skin cancer, but that’s probably because they spent more time in the sun — not because sunscreen caused the cancer. This matches what the claim says.

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Patterns of Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and Skin Cancer Risk: the E3N-SunExp Study

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DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20160166

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