Community | August 18, 2008 | 24 comments

Firm link found between moisturizers and skin cancer

source: http://www.dbtechno.com/health/2008/08/18/firm-link-found-between-moisturizers-skin-cancer/

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"According to a new study released by researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, a firm link has been found between very common moisturizers, and the development of skin cancer.

Researchers were led by Dr. Allan Conney from Rutgers University, as they ran a test on mice to see what type of effect these moisturizers had on their bodies.

They tested four common types, Dermavan, Eucerin, Vanicream, and Dermabase.

What they found was that all four were linked to the development of skin cancer tumors on the mice tested in the study.

They were not looking directly to see if moisturizers caused skin cancer, but instead sort of stumbled into the discovery.

What they did was to expose hairless mice to UV rays, similar to what they would get from sun exposure.

They then applied the moisturizers to the mice.

They found that the moisturizers caused non-melanoma skin cancer. This will likely lead to further research.

The study has been published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology."
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24 comments // Firm link found between moisturizers and skin cancer

  • kennyJ
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      kennyJ  
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    • Here is something useful to begin the process of understanding your risks...

      "Skin Deep pairs ingredients in more than 25,000 products against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases, making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind. Why did a small nonprofit take on such a big project? Because the FDA doesn't require companies to test their own products for safety."

    • 3 years ago
  • Wessagusset_Oracle
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      Wessagusset_Oracle  

    • look at all the bullshit ingredients in your shampoo, creams, hair dyes. more chemicals then a meth lab! no wonder. what for, to have soft skin, fakely nice smelling shampoo?

      the industries brainwash us, there are better safer ingredients, buy natural, or don't buy at all.

      disgusting!

    • 3 years ago
  • ajcowley
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      ajcowley  

    • No doubt I'll be thinking about this tonight as I slather lightly scented chemicals all over my body. If these findings turn out to be true, generations of women will have to debate between wrinkles and cancer. Which will win?!?!

      Expect a study with contrasting findings to come out in the near future, funded by the beauty industry...

    • 3 years ago
  • Chibichan10
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      Chibichan10  

    • Oh so what you're telling me is that I should check the ingredients in a product before I put it in/on my body???

      Wow...what a thought.

    • 3 years ago
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  • 1percent
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  • Action_Maxson
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  • rwylie
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      rwylie  

    • If those mice weren't so vain they'd be fine! I think this is obviously quite worrying, and the cosmetics companies will hopefully be responsible enough to take this on board.

    • 3 years ago
  • argyle_kitten
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      argyle_kitten  

    • If you have ever read the container for any of these products, they always say something along the lines of "may make you more sensitive to sun exposure." So this isn't something new.

      Personally, I rarely see the sun and really need an oil-free moisturizer to use daily, so I'm not going to stop using my products.

    • 3 years ago
  • harechrishna
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      harechrishna  

    • I don't doubt it. The FDA seems to be asleep at the wheel. I use olive oil to moisturize my skin. Its all natural and inexpensive. Throw some rosemary and garlic on me and I'm tastiest dish in the room. ^_*

    • 3 years ago
  • emu1080
  • harechrishna
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      harechrishna  
    • harechrishna:

      yeah. i do use a turkey baster and on the weekends i throw some jumbalaya seasoning into the mix just to spice things up.

      what's so disgusting about using olive oil to moisturize the skin? people have been doing it a for a damn long time.

      i bet you use axe or some refreshingly offensive moisturizer.

    • 3 years ago
  • Nettle
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      Nettle  

    • I don't understand. So they first zapped the mice with UV rays, put the moisturizers on and then they developed cancer. That doesn't work. If they were really to develop cancer as a result of the moisturizers, then the UV rays shouldn't have been needed to be present. o_O

      Am I the only one that doesn't see it?

    • 3 years ago
  • SDLN
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      SDLN  
    • Nettle:

      What they're trying to simulate, if I'm not mistaken, is the effect of applying moisturizer to skin after it has been exposed to sunlight. Example: a woman putting on make-up after being outside.

      But you're right. It's not the moisturizer by itself that caused the cancer in the mice.

    • 3 years ago
  • csmonut
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      csmonut  

    • Google "chemicals in skin care" and what you read will scare hell outtta ya!
      You can see what the chemical trials have to say about all of the stuff in lotions and makeup.
      I quit using any of it a few years ago.
      And sunscreen has some of the worst ingredients.

    • 3 years ago
  • enum_Bossman
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      enum_Bossman  
    • csmonut:

      It's true. There was a study a few months ago saying that some ingredients in sunscreen actually cause certain forms of skin cancer. So it protects you from a few, but makes you more likely to get others.

    • 3 years ago
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