If you use any of four specific moisturizers (one of which is no longer sold, but the others
are—gasp!—available at many fine retailers) and happen to be a mouse, your chance of skin cancer could be increased by as much as 95%.
Especially interesting:
The moisturizers did not cause cancer in the mice. That came from their early-life radiation exposure. But the creams did make skin cancers grow faster and more readily.
Who should worry now: Mice who use skin cream.
Why most of us shouldn’t freak out quite yet: No biological mechanism is known that could cause an increase in skin cancer rate (one of the criteria of causation).
WebMD: Moisturizers Up Skin Cancer in Mice

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