Re: [Paddlewise] Hot WX paddling

From: <Sandykayak_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 22:55:41 EDT
In a message dated 8/9/99 9:33:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ratten_at_uow.edu.au 
writes:

<< the effectiveness of the sunscreen which of course you have liberally 
applied to avoid skin cancer!  Regards, Peter Rattenbury, Wollongong NSW >>

This brings up another topic.  My daughter, who is the proud mother of a 6 
month-old baby, told me that she heard that whatever ingredient they put in 
sunscreen to make it waterproof can cause/contribute to blindness!!  That 
someone called a manufacturer and the response was to the effect that, well 
it might, but we don't want to scare anyone!

Has anyone out there heard anything on this or has contacts that can provide 
any answers? 

BTW the Miami Herald ran a piece last week about people getting more sun 
exposure because they think that with a higher SPF they don't need to apply 
the sunscreen that often.

Sandy Kramer
Miami

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