Sunscreen Sabotage: The Heatwave Conspiracies That Refuse to Fade As Europe bakes in its record breaking heatwave, a conspiracy theory targeting sunscreen as a supposed cause of rising skin cancer rates has resurfaced on social media.
Influencers and podcasters are spreading misinformation about the dangers of sunscreen chemicals, despite experts confirming that there's no evidence to support these claims.
The correlation between sunscreen use and increased skin cancer incidence is often cited as proof of causation, but it's merely a classic example of correlation not equating to causation.