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Good luck with the shopping. I managed to find one which has both low hazard and is highly effective our health store. Watch out for CVS kids sunscreen or you end up with not so good ratings but at least they still have good UVA and UVB protection.

I saw the database long time ago when it came to children shampoo. You can drive yourself crazy looking up different products.

This sort of reinforces my theory (based on .... nothing really) that in general, sunscreens are not good. If the sun is so high, then stay in the shadow or indoors.

That works perfectly well in The Netherlands of course.

I have the feeling that in Spain I am going to use much more cream

Ahhh, there is more.....

www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20080701/group-sunscreens-effectiveness-hazy

What about Vitamin D deficiency caused by not getting enough UV? This is implicated in many cancers.

I try to get sun on my legs so that I get enough vitamin D, since they're covered most of the year and are therefore at a lower risk for skin cancer. But on my face and arms, I try to always wear sunscreen.

Thank you, now I know that the Coppertone Waterbabies stick is better than the Banana Boat. And the Banana Boat Kids Block is the better option.

Since we are at the ocean, I go through a lot of sunscreen.

Ren

Ren,

Make sure that you click on the link and look at UVA and UVB protection. Even though the Coppertone stick doesn't have bad number overall, it has very bad UVA protection. We used a similar one and I was happy to see 3 overall till I saw 8 for UVA.

Glad that Vanicream's on the list. I originally got it for DS4, who had very sensitive skin. I recently started switching to cheaper brands because his skin isn't so sensitive anymore, but I'll switch back. By the way, our local Target carries Vanicream sunscreen behind the pharmacy counter, next to the wonderful tubs of vanicream skin lotion with the pump...)

Thanks LMom. I didn't look further, time contraints. I thought I was being so good applying it so well and often. Now, they throw this into the mix.

But then I grew up on a beach with a sunbathing mother sans sunscreen and my skin is in good shape. So what is the story?

Ren

My husband, who had a serious skin cancer removed almost five years ago, was told by his doctors to stay out of the sun, but if he had to go out to always wear sunscreen. Since we have 3 acres of land that he has to mow every week in the summer and also rides his motorcycle to work and with the PGR where he gets a lot of sun exposure, he thinks he is protecting himself with sunscreen, and I see that his sunscreen is listed on list of bad ones, so it looks like I now have something else to worry about.

I have always stayed out of the sun as much as possible because I am light skinned, don't tan very well and only get more freckles. After seeing my husband go through the horrible radiation therapy after his cancer, and seeing a friend in her 30's who had a melanoma removed from her leg, I am even more cautious about being in the sun. My husband's cancer scared my daughter enough to quit tanning, even though she always looked very nice with a tan.