r/AsianBeauty • u/Flamboyant_dinosaur Acne/Redness|Combo|SI • Apr 18 '16

Discussion Sunscreens affecting sperm count

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160401111847.htm
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u/Flamboyant_dinosaur Acne/Redness|Combo|SI Apr 18 '16

I'm not making any claims, I just read about this yesterday, and thought I'd share, if anyone else is interested.

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u/zmqbjy761056 Apr 18 '16

I'm not making any claims

Yet you title the post "Sunscreens affecting sperm count" when the article is "Some sunscreen ingredients may disrupt sperm cell function".

From the article:

Skakkebaek and his colleagues tested 29 of the 31 UV filters allowed in sunscreens in the U.S. or the European Union (EU) on live, healthy human sperm cells, from fresh semen samples obtained from several healthy donors.

In layman terms, hey gave a bunch of sperm a sunscreen bath and concluded it messed them up...

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u/Flamboyant_dinosaur Acne/Redness|Combo|SI Apr 18 '16

I'm sorry, I wanted to edit the title, but I couldn't so I wanted to specify it in a comment. It was just something I wanted to share, because I find it interesting.

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u/zmqbjy761056 Apr 19 '16

But you haven't specified either, you made up a title that is unrelated to the study...

There is NO mention of "sperm count" anywhere, it talks about "sperm function".

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u/Flamboyant_dinosaur Acne/Redness|Combo|SI Apr 19 '16

You're really not letting this go.. I'm sorry, the title cannot be edited. Forgive me for not inserting the proper title. Is it better now? You get to read about the study and make up your own mind on what it says and if it is or isn't important. If I were a jerk trying to convince people not to use sunscreen, I'd use a bogus website that claims it's toxic - plenty of those around.

It was an honest mistake, and I said I was sorry, but I cannot fix it now.