Skin cancer more deadly in blacks

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Skin cancer more deadly in blacks while dermatology pushes more

sunscreen products onto people who actually need sunlight exposure

Posted Tuesday, June 20, 2006 by Mike Adams

 

 

A University of Miami study released today shows that blacks are more

than three times as likely to be diagnosed with late-stage melanoma

than whites. The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology,

reviewed 1,690 melanoma cases to reach the conclusion.

 

Researchers are not able to fully explain the disparity, but suggested

that because skin cancer is more likely to occur in light-skinned

people, whites tend to receive more attention and earlier diagnosis.

The main challenge in blacks is that melanoma is not detected in its

early stages and is allowed to progress to a point where it may become

life threatening.

 

Nowhere in scientific discussions of skin cancer is there any rational

evaluation of the role of sunlight as a healing therapy. A growing

collection of scientific evidence shows that sensible sunlight

exposure produces vitamin D, which acts as powerful anti-cancer

medicine and halts the growth of cancer tumors. Vitamin D therapy,

research shows, slashes the risk of breast cancer by over 50 percent

while also reducing skin cancer risk.

 

In other words, sensible sunlight actually prevents skin cancer, while

sunscreen products promote cancer by infusing the skin with

carcinogenic chemicals and fragrance synthetics commonly used in

sunscreen products. Sunscreen is not a cancer prevention product, and

sunscreen manufacturers are now engaged in class action lawsuits that

claim many sunscreen products offer little or no real protection

against skin cancer in the first place, or that such products mislead

consumers regarding the degree of protection.

 

The dermatology industry, however, maintains strong financial ties to

sunscreen manufacturers, and the position of dermatology continues to

be based on the now-outdated idea that all sun is bad for you, and all

sunscreen ingredients and chemicals are harmless.

 

Even the American Cancer Society, which promotes sunscreen use,

maintains strong financial ties to sunscreen manufacturers and other

consumer products companies that sell products containing synthetic

chemicals to the public. A new book to be released tomorrow, The

Hundred-Year Lie by Randall Fitzgerald, exposes many of the deceptions

and distortions used to promote personal care products.

 

The real reason why blacks are more likely to be diganosed with

late-stage melanoma is because people with black skin need more

sunlight exposure than those with white skin in order to generate the

same amount of vitamin D. That's because dark skin pigmentation blocks

ultraviolet light, which is used by the body to produce vitamin D.

Accordingly, most people with dark skin living in North America suffer

from chronic vitamin D deficiencies that predispose them to many types

of cancer, including melanoma. See The Healing Power of Sunlight and

Vitamin D for more information.

 

Related book:

The Healing Power of Sunlight and Vitamin D: an exclusive interview

with Dr. Michael Holick

In this interview, Dr. Holick reveals fascinating facts on how vitamin

D is created and used in the human body to ward off chronic diseases

like cancer, osteoporosis, mental disorders and more.

 

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