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Podcast: Wise Traditions
Episode: Is sunscreen okay to use?
Description: For decades, we've been told to protect ourselves with sunscreen from the sun's harmful rays or risk getting skin cancer. However, melanoma has increased, in tandem with the use of sunscreen. What's going on? Today, clinical scientist and hormone expert Dr. Elizabeth Plourde weighs in on the sunscreen debate and discusses why sunscreen may be doing more harm than good. Elizabeth has done extensive research on the chemicals in sunscreen and gives us clarity about how they are impacting coral, marine life, and our own. She explains how the ingredients mess with our hormone health. She gives us the...