
Pete Evans is super chuffed this week. See, the TV-famous chef seems to think he’s been vindicated by a study conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration that confirmed chemicals in sunscreen can enter the bloodstream.
Sharing a (scarily inaccurate) headline about the study on Instagram, the My Kitchen Rules host wrote, “Approximately four years ago I stated that most sunscreens were dangerous and the mainstream media went on a witch hunt to ridicule me, even though I said [my family] use non-toxic sunscreen”.
The problem is that Evans — who is notorious for spouting false health claims — has presented a misleading interpretation of the study’s findings.
Watch: Safety in the sun.
Experts in relevant fields including pharmacology, toxicology, dermatology and even the FDA itself are stressing that, despite the hysteria being perpetuated online, the study is not, in fact, evidence that ingredients in sunscreen are “toxic” or unsafe.
Let’s take a closer look.