11 surprising things that increase can.cer risk
Excessive sunlight exposure is harmful, but proper exposure to sunlight is the best way to get vitamin D.
Sunscreen
Overusing poor quality sunscreen or the wrong sunscreen carries its risks. Benzophenone-3 is a common ingredient found in sunscreens and produces free radicals associated with DNA damage and cancer growth.
This is why you need to be cautious about the ingredients in the sunscreen you and your family are using. The FDA hasn’t banned this ingredient. They have only limited it to 6 percent.
Packaging for food
Food packaging like boxes and wrappers with perfluorinated chemicals may increase your risk of cancer.
Known as PFCs and PFASs, these linings from the food packaging can leech into food. In addition to being linked to cancer, they have also been associated with development issues, reproductive problems, impaired immunity, etc.