Sunscreen Panic
Winter 2025
SOCIAL MEDIA STARS SAY THAT SUNSCREEN WILL KILL YOU. (THE SUN: “HOLD MY BEER.”)
WELLNESS INFLUENCERS on TikTok insist sunscreen is poison. Some smear beef tallow on their faces; others ditch sun protection altogether. Online, sunscreen is cast as a villain: toxic, Big Pharma–backed, even chakra-blocking.
But science doesn’t budge: The sun causes cancer, and one in five Americans will get it.
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