Joe Rogan opens up how he is “super hesitant” to put on sunscreen because he’s concerned about chemicals absorbing into his skin.
Then his award-winning science journalist guest reveals it’s even worse than that.
He pointed to FDA studies, which found common sunscreen chemicals absorb straight into your bloodstream, and the FDA has never approved them as safe.
ROGAN: “You’re spraying this chemical on an organ, which is your skin, so your skin’s absorbing it. And I’m like, what’s going on there?”
ROWAN JACOBSEN: “The FDA, CDC did studies a few years ago and discovered that it’s absorbed at very large amounts. Yes, it turns up at high doses, or higher doses than they would like it to, in blood, breast milk, urine, you name it.”
“There isn’t much proof that they’re dangerous, in the amounts used, but they definitely are absorbed at much higher rates than we thought.”
“And the FDA has refused to approve them as safe, pending more testing.”
[Rogan lets out a concerned “wooh”]
JACOBSEN: “And nobody’s done the testing.”
ROGAN: “Oh…”