Do you send your kid to school with sunscreen?

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Unless you know how to whip a batch of a sunscreen at home make sure you understand that there is NO regulations regarding cosmetics.
So pretty much anyone can make anything and sell it to you. They also can put things like "organic" "natural" "safe" on it without ANY
regards for any fidelity to it or consequences.

This is a fact:

The law does not require cosmetic products and ingredients, except for color additives, to be approved by FDA before they go on the market.

And this is a fact:

FDA's legal authority over cosmetics is different from our authority over other products we regulate, such as drugs, biologics, and medical devices. Under the law, cosmetic products and ingredients do not need FDA premarket approval, with the exception of color additives.

IN case of sunscreen:
The fact is that there are some changes that are going to take place to make them safer but noting that is on the market now has been affected by the changes yet, one could assume, since the changes are only couple months old.

Two of the 16 currently used main chemical ingredients in over-the-counter sunscreen products are considered safe, the FDA says, as part of a proposal here aimed at improving the safety and quality of sunscreen products sold without prescription in the United States.

Does the above statement makes you wonder? TWO of 16 are safe. Hm..

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/fda-tightens-regulation-over-counter-sunscreen-products-n974271

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Anonymous wrote:Not a helicopter parent but did send my kid to school with sunscreen because she was super fair. She would literally get burned during recess. And, the one thing we're sure that causes cancer is sun. So, yeah. She asked for sunscreen , and I gave her a little one. No one teased her. #2 didn't need ot want it.

Totally, if a child's skin is very sensitive to sun then this is totally justified.

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Anonymous wrote:As a 35+ year old woman, I use sunscreen on my face every single day - don't want wrinkles! I sit in an office all day and spend very little time outdoors yet I still apply sunscreen to my face daily.

Sun's rays causes cancer and skin damage. Fact.

You literally put sunscreen on your face every day and then go sit in an office?

I have to agree with this sentiment. And, to the PP who points out the toxicity of sunscreen!

I'm not a crazy tree-hugger environmentalist, but it doesn't make much sense to slather sunscreen on your face if you're sitting in an office. Don't want to sound as harsh as some of the other PPs, but maybe this is something worth reconsidering.

You guys are literally off topic here. Yes, children should put on sunscreen before going out to recess. The mere fact that sunscreen causes cancer are due to relatively small studies that have not been studied among a large population of people. There is no reason why children should be red, get sunrashes, sunburn or have sun spots.

Our pediatrician recommended waiting a little while before applying sunscreen. Never burning, but my kids can make it through recess without burning. Alternative is apply before they leave for school. The efficacy may be reduced, but it should be sufficient

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you know how to whip a batch of a sunscreen at home make sure you understand that there is NO regulations regarding cosmetics.
So pretty much anyone can make anything and sell it to you. They also can put things like "organic" "natural" "safe" on it without ANY
regards for any fidelity to it or consequences.

This is a fact:

The law does not require cosmetic products and ingredients, except for color additives, to be approved by FDA before they go on the market.

And this is a fact:

FDA's legal authority over cosmetics is different from our authority over other products we regulate, such as drugs, biologics, and medical devices. Under the law, cosmetic products and ingredients do not need FDA premarket approval, with the exception of color additives.

IN case of sunscreen:
The fact is that there are some changes that are going to take place to make them safer but noting that is on the market now has been affected by the changes yet, one could assume, since the changes are only couple months old.

Two of the 16 currently used main chemical ingredients in over-the-counter sunscreen products are considered safe, the FDA says, as part of a proposal here aimed at improving the safety and quality of sunscreen products sold without prescription in the United States.

Does the above statement makes you wonder? TWO of 16 are safe. Hm..

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/fda-tightens-regulation-over-counter-sunscreen-products-n974271

Pretty sure that European sunscreen is much more regulated than American sunscreen. Again, sunscreen is not the dangerous bomb that you want to make it it to be. Not everyone uses cheap American drugstore sunscreen.

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California moms spend half their lives battling the sun’s demonic rays, lest a sliver of it penetrate their kids’ skin. UVA, UVB and SPF are all household words, and California moms are meticulous when slathering their kids with sunblock.

OP, are you from Cali? I know this is a big mom thing in Cali.

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No
Unless it's field day

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Since the thread has derailed, we use zinc oxide only.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is in 3rd grade and she applies it right before lunch. She either asks the teacher to go to the bathroom or she asks the lunch monitor after she has finished leaving her lunch and the rest of the cafeteria is still eating. No big deal really but I don’t want DD to get sunspots or age prematurely because she didn’t take care of her skin in her youth.

Omg, now I've heard it all.

This mom isn't worried about her 8 year old daughter getting Cancer, she's worried about her aging prematurely???

Can you imagine the complex's this kid is going you end up with?

What in the wide world of sports is wrong with you, lady?

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Anonymous wrote:I work 3 recesses a week at my child's school. No one puts sunscreen on. There is no time for that.

OP, this is really weird. I doubt any kids have sunscreen on. None of them are coming home sunburned either.

This!

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Anonymous wrote:DH sends our DS with sunscreen as sunscreen is only effective for about 2 hours from application. So we have taught DS to apply one layer before lunch and a layer before school ends when it gets really hot. Skin is the body’s largest organ and I don’t think most people care enough to be as vigilant as DH and I. You shouldn’t need to notify the teacher or school nurse.

You do realize that many sunscreens if not all had been associated with skin cancer because of all the junk that is in them?

Sunscreen does NOT cause cancer. There is no evidence to support your claim. UV from the sun on the other hand does cause cancer.

Correct. However the jury is out on whether it is harmful. FDA is now reviewing after finding virtually all are highly absorbed into the blood with no information on what that does

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Anonymous wrote:You are setting up your kid for being bullied. Not worth it. Recess is short and the little vitamin D never hurt anyone.

Not bullied so much as being the PIA of the class.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a 35+ year old woman, I use sunscreen on my face every single day - don't want wrinkles! I sit in an office all day and spend very little time outdoors yet I still apply sunscreen to my face daily.

Sun's rays causes cancer and skin damage. Fact.

You literally put sunscreen on your face every day and then go sit in an office?

In another thread the attitude of main office secretaries was discussed. This is the kind of parent that causes secretaries to go crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a 35+ year old woman, I use sunscreen on my face every single day - don't want wrinkles! I sit in an office all day and spend very little time outdoors yet I still apply sunscreen to my face daily.

Sun's rays causes cancer and skin damage. Fact.

You literally put sunscreen on your face every day and then go sit in an office?

In another thread the attitude of main office secretaries was discussed. This is the kind of parent that causes secretaries to go crazy.

What does the office secretary have to do with OP’s kid? The kid is old enough to put the sunscreen on without hassling the school secretary. Dramatic much?

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We are in W cluster ES and the PTA is considering hiring someone to put on sunscreen at recess next year for the kiddos. We take things seriously here, LOL.