Benefits & Risks of UV Radiation & Sunlight, Skin Health, Vitamin D, Nitric Oxide, Evolution of Skin Color | Richard Weller | 104
Mind & Matter
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The Trade-Offs of Sunscreen
I think we can make sunscreen better. We have developed an additive you can put into sunscreen. An SPF 50 blocks that release of NO, which is a good thing when sunlight hits the skin. So I think sunscreen as it exists is good and bad. It prevents those skin cancers. It prevents that skin aging. My concern is it also blocks the good stuff. And I think the solution is to improve our sunscreens and put in something that will reproduce that NO release. so that's what I wear.
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