Americans shouldn’t have to risk cancer when they visit the beach this summer. Let’s hope Washington acts fast to bring better sunblock stateside.
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer by age 70. Yet regulators in the United States have not approved sunscreens that can more effectively prevent the disease.
Such safetyism makes little sense. Americans receive more diagnoses for skin cancer than for all other forms of cancer combined. It’s long past time for lawmakers to allow sunscreen manufacturers to sell their most effective products in the United States.
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Why sunblock in the U.S. is so much worse than in the E.U.
Sally C. Pipes
Americans shouldn’t have to risk cancer when they visit the beach this summer. Let’s hope Washington acts fast to bring better sunblock stateside.
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer by age 70. Yet regulators in the United States have not approved sunscreens that can more effectively prevent the disease.
Such safetyism makes little sense. Americans receive more diagnoses for skin cancer than for all other forms of cancer combined. It’s long past time for lawmakers to allow sunscreen manufacturers to sell their most effective products in the United States.
Read the entire STAT op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.