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No, sunscreen doesn’t cause skin cancer

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What was claimed Using sunscreen raises the risk of skin cancer. Our verdict No it doesn’t. Sunscreen lowers the risk of skin cancer. But people who use more of it may well be exposed to more sunlight too. A number of social media posts are wrongly claiming that using sunscreen raises people’s risk of skin cancer. These claims are based on a classic misunderstanding.
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Senior doctors didn’t say social media was as bad for children as smoking

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By Leo Benedictus Verified
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What was claimed The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges said that social media is as bad for children as smoking. Our verdict This is not what the academy said. Its statement to the government compared the way the medical profession reacted to social media to the way it reacted to smoking. It didn’t compare how harmful they are.
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Statistics watchdog challenges Badenoch over welfare claim after Full Fact intervention

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By Leo Benedictus Verified
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The interim chair of the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), Penny Young, has written to the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, about a claim in the Conservatives’ Alternative King’s Speech that “for the first time ever, the total welfare bill is now higher than total receipts from income tax”. As we said in our fact check on the subject in May, this isn’t true. Welfare payments have been higher than income tax receipts for many years, and the position is expected to reverse this year.
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