The real reason so many Americans are convinced sunscreen is dangerous

Aug 27, 2026 31 min

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For the past few years, a campaign against sunscreen has been building — with social-media influencers claiming that sunscreen itself, rather than the sun, is damaging people’s skin and harming their health. The misinformation is working: More than 16 million adults have cut back or stopped using sunscreen because of it. Meanwhile, skin-cancer rates continue to rise. Brian Underwood, beauty and grooming director at Men’s Health and Women’s Health, joins Apple News In Conversation guest host David Greene to share <a href="https://apple.news/Al_wjzQb4ROWZPjtApoUj4g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">his reporting</a> on who’s driving this movement, the confusing FDA report that helped fuel it, and what it will take to restore trust in sunscreen.

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