{"id":4773,"date":"2010-10-27T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/report-derms-misbrand-sunscreen\/"},"modified":"2010-10-27T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T08:00:17","slug":"report-derms-misbrand-sunscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/report-derms-misbrand-sunscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Derms Misbrand Sunscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many dermatologists who sell chemical sunscreen products in their own offices are improperly, and perhaps illegally, counseling patients that sunscreen prevents skin cancer \u2014 an advertising claim that the U.S. government does not allow sunscreen retailers to make, a report in the San Francisco Post\u2019s on-line issue alleges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2010-10-27-Dermatologist-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4774\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"2010-10-27 Dermatologist copy\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2010-10-27-Dermatologist-copy.jpg\" alt=\"2010-10-27 Dermatologist copy\" width=\"285\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>San Francisco on-line journalist Harmon Leon, who nailed the dermatology world for apparent wide-spread insurance reimbursement fraud in a July Huffington Post article, went undercover again in dermatology offices and found that derms and their offices are selling $35 two-ounce bottles of chemical sunscreen \u2014 about 20 times the price of a typical drug-store sunscreen product \u2014 by telling clients their product is better at preventing skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Sunscreen manufacturers and retailers may only claim the product prevents sunburn. In fact, according to Dr. Frank Gorham of the University of California-San Diego, most studies on sunscreen show sunscreen users have higher skin cancer rates. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/preview\/mmwrhtml\/rr5215a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Here\u2019s what the U.S. Government says.<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile dermatologists give a confirmation that sunscreens prevent cancer, the FDA, EWG, and even the National Cancer Institute say otherwise,\u201d Leon wrote, citing an Environmental Working Group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewg.org\/2010sunscreen\/full-report\/health-agencies-question-sunscreen-efficacy\/\"><strong>web page showing those group\u2019s positions on sunscreen<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cOn the flip side, no one is talking about the most obvious effect of chemical sunscreen use: blocking Vitamin D production in your skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dermatology offices Leon visited also dismissed any product safety questions about sunscreen, despite the fact the doctors were recommending daily use of the products and that research has begun to question whether or not over-use of sunscreen exposes users to toxic doses of chemicals such as oxybenzone. The Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based health safety coalition, has called for legitimate product safety testing for chemical sunscreens.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Tan recommends chemical sunscreen usage only when sunburn is a possibility, a position in contrast to year-round usage recommendations made by dermatology and groups affiliated with dermatology.<\/p>\n<p>To read Leon\u2019s story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/hleon\/detail?entry_id=75220\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many dermatologists who sell chemical sunscreen products in their own offices are improperly, and perhaps illegally, counseling patients that sunscreen prevents skin cancer \u2014 an advertising claim that the U.S. government does not allow sunscreen retailers to make, a report in the San Francisco Post\u2019s on-line issue alleges. San Francisco on-line journalist Harmon Leon, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Report: Derms Misbrand Sunscreen - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many dermatologists who sell chemical sunscreen products in their own offices are improperly, and perhaps illegally, counseling patients that sunscreen prevents skin cancer \u2014 an advertising claim that the U.S. government does not allow sunscreen retailers to make, a report in the San Francisco Post\u2019s on-line issue alleges. San Francisco on-line journalist Harmon Leon, who nailed the dermatology world for apparent wide-spread insurance reimbursement fraud in a July Huffington Post article, went undercover again in dermatology offices and found that derms and their offices are selling $35 two-ounce bottles of chemical sunscreen \u2014 about 20 times the price of a typical drug-store sunscreen product \u2014 by telling clients their product is better at preventing skin cancer. Sunscreen manufacturers and retailers may only claim the product prevents sunburn. In fact, according to Dr. Frank Gorham of the University of California-San Diego, most studies on sunscreen show sunscreen users have higher skin cancer rates. (Here\u2019s what the U.S. Government says.) \u201cWhile dermatologists give a confirmation that sunscreens prevent cancer, the FDA, EWG, and even the National Cancer Institute say otherwise,\u201d Leon wrote, citing an Environmental Working Group web page showing those group\u2019s positions on sunscreen. \u201cOn the flip side, no one is talking about the most obvious effect of chemical sunscreen use: blocking Vitamin D production in your skin.\u201d The dermatology offices Leon visited also dismissed any product safety questions about sunscreen, despite the fact the doctors were recommending daily use of the products and that research has begun to question whether or not over-use of sunscreen exposes users to toxic doses of chemicals such as oxybenzone. The Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based health safety coalition, has called for legitimate product safety testing for chemical sunscreens. 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San Francisco on-line journalist Harmon Leon, who nailed the dermatology world for apparent wide-spread insurance reimbursement fraud in a July Huffington Post article, went undercover again in dermatology offices and found that derms and their offices are selling $35 two-ounce bottles of chemical sunscreen \u2014 about 20 times the price of a typical drug-store sunscreen product \u2014 by telling clients their product is better at preventing skin cancer. Sunscreen manufacturers and retailers may only claim the product prevents sunburn. In fact, according to Dr. Frank Gorham of the University of California-San Diego, most studies on sunscreen show sunscreen users have higher skin cancer rates. (Here\u2019s what the U.S. Government says.) \u201cWhile dermatologists give a confirmation that sunscreens prevent cancer, the FDA, EWG, and even the National Cancer Institute say otherwise,\u201d Leon wrote, citing an Environmental Working Group web page showing those group\u2019s positions on sunscreen. \u201cOn the flip side, no one is talking about the most obvious effect of chemical sunscreen use: blocking Vitamin D production in your skin.\u201d The dermatology offices Leon visited also dismissed any product safety questions about sunscreen, despite the fact the doctors were recommending daily use of the products and that research has begun to question whether or not over-use of sunscreen exposes users to toxic doses of chemicals such as oxybenzone. The Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based health safety coalition, has called for legitimate product safety testing for chemical sunscreens. 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San Francisco on-line journalist Harmon Leon, who nailed the dermatology world for apparent wide-spread insurance reimbursement fraud in a July Huffington Post article, went undercover again in dermatology offices and found that derms and their offices are selling $35 two-ounce bottles of chemical sunscreen \u2014 about 20 times the price of a typical drug-store sunscreen product \u2014 by telling clients their product is better at preventing skin cancer. Sunscreen manufacturers and retailers may only claim the product prevents sunburn. In fact, according to Dr. Frank Gorham of the University of California-San Diego, most studies on sunscreen show sunscreen users have higher skin cancer rates. 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San Francisco on-line journalist Harmon Leon, who nailed the dermatology world for apparent wide-spread insurance reimbursement fraud in a July Huffington Post article, went undercover again in dermatology offices and found that derms and their offices are selling $35 two-ounce bottles of chemical sunscreen \u2014 about 20 times the price of a typical drug-store sunscreen product \u2014 by telling clients their product is better at preventing skin cancer. Sunscreen manufacturers and retailers may only claim the product prevents sunburn. In fact, according to Dr. Frank Gorham of the University of California-San Diego, most studies on sunscreen show sunscreen users have higher skin cancer rates. (Here\u2019s what the U.S. Government says.) \u201cWhile dermatologists give a confirmation that sunscreens prevent cancer, the FDA, EWG, and even the National Cancer Institute say otherwise,\u201d Leon wrote, citing an Environmental Working Group web page showing those group\u2019s positions on sunscreen. \u201cOn the flip side, no one is talking about the most obvious effect of chemical sunscreen use: blocking Vitamin D production in your skin.\u201d The dermatology offices Leon visited also dismissed any product safety questions about sunscreen, despite the fact the doctors were recommending daily use of the products and that research has begun to question whether or not over-use of sunscreen exposes users to toxic doses of chemicals such as oxybenzone. The Environmental Working Group, a Washington-based health safety coalition, has called for legitimate product safety testing for chemical sunscreens. Smart Tan recommends chemical sunscreen usage only when sunburn is a possibility, a position in contrast to year-round usage recommendations made by dermatology and groups affiliated with dermatology. 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