The Sunscreen Paradox

<p>In June, disgraced former Florida Congressman turned right-wing One America News Network anchor Matt Gaetz peddled a novel and dangerous conspiracy to his audience: that using sunscreen causes skin cancer. Gaetz&rsquo;s guest was Nicholas Hulscher, a prominent voice in the COVID anti-vaccination movement and co-author of one of the most prolific medical disinformation newsletters in America. Within days, this false claim had reached millions of viewers and dozens of countries &ndash; and was popping up in the comments of innocuous mommy blogger videos about applying suntan lotion to kids.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/">NewsGuard</a> health editor John Gregory explains how Hulscher&rsquo;s false claim metastasized throughout the internet, and how he sold it to the world by twisting the surprising findings of a legitimate scientific study.</p>

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<p>Guests:</p>

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<li><a href="https://www.newsguardtech.com/about/team/john-gregory/">John Gregory</a>, Health Editor at <a href="https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/">NewsGuard</a></li>

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