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Originally Posted by spectre
Which is now being used to treat cancer and makes the chemo much easier to stand since the dosage can be reduced as well as the added benefit of greatly reducing nausea.
And you do realize that lead, mercury, asbestos, and tobacco are all naturally occuring, right?
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Sure, it's also being used to potentially help AIDS victims. I'm not saying everything is bad or that it's bad all the time. Also, yes, I understand that those are naturally occuring items, so is trans-fatty acid (usually, however, in EXTREMELY small quantities). Not everything that's natural is good for you either, and I'm quite aware of that. But just because tobacco is a plant doesn't mean you should smoke it. There are plenty of mushrooms you can eat, and plenty that can kill you, *shrug* I think it's just a matter of being as well educated as you can in the matter, and then applying common sense and logic to individual situations. Like I said above, I recommend shade over sunscreen. It has roughly the same effect (you won't get burned) but you still absorb SOME UV and you also don't get covered in chemicals. I guess a little shade must just be horrible to everyone else. On the same note, I think it's silly to sit in the sun ALL day long, beach or no beach. If you're going to surely do that, perhaps the sunscreen is the lesser of two evils... that, I suppose, depends on the individual and your burnability :-p