Cancer Risk From Sunscreen Concerns Sen. Schumer

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Cancer risk from sunscreen concerns Sen. Schumer (video)

Published: Saturday, June 19, 2010

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U.S. Sen. Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks about sunscreen risks on Friday

during a visit to the Rondout Creek waterfront in Downtown Kingston. Freeman

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KINGSTON — U.S. Sen. Schumer spoke at the Rondout Creek waterfront

in Kingston on Friday about the possibility that a chemical found in many

suncreens causes cancer.

Holding a container of sunscreen while speaking in T.R. Gallo Park,

Schumer, D-N.Y., called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to release the

results of a study regarding a possible link between retinyl palmitate, a

chemical found in about half of all sunscreens, and cancer.

Schumer said the research was completed in July 2009 but the FDA has not

released the findings.