Political Controversy
The Environmental Working Group and New York Senator Chuck Schumer have called attention to the fact that high doses of topical retinyl palmitate were shown to accelerate cancer in lab animals, fueling the sunscreen controversy in the popular press. Although concerns about other sunscreen ingredients remain, toxicological analysis has determined that "there is no convincing evidence to support the notion that in sunscreens is carcinogenic".
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