EXCLUSIVE Experts settle debate on cancer-causing toxins in sunscreen...

amid dangerous trend of ditching SPF READ MORE: Lab reveals popular cosmetics contain cancer-causing chemical By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:10, 21 May 2024 | Updated: 16:33, 21 May 2024 e-mail View comments Influencers are known for hopping on the bandwagon of far-fetched health and wellness trends. The past year has seen TikTok users drink oil to whiten their teeth, rub banana peel on their face to fight wrinkles and even guzzle Borax for pain relief.

The latest trend appears particularly dangerous — ditching sun protection. All over TikTok, content creators are sharing videos in which they announce that they've sworn off sunscreen because they believe it contains cancer-causing chemicals including toxic benzene , which is released into the atmosphere during volcanoes and forest fires. Some have gone as far as to claim that sunlight does not cause skin cancer — which affects around five million Americans every year.

Gubba Homestead, a lifestyle influencer, shared on X that she will 'never' wear sunscreen and that there is 'no proof the sun causes cancer' In one resurfaced video from March on X, lifestyle influencer and self-proclaimed 'conspiracy theorist' Gubba Homestead, who has 50,000 followers on the platform, said: 'I don't wear sunscreen, and I never will.' In the video, she claims that 'there is no proof the sun causes cancer' and we have been 'brainwashed' int.