{"id":233728,"date":"2025-08-11T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=233728"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:37:20","slug":"podcast-skin-cancer-risk-spray-it-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/08\/podcast-skin-cancer-risk-spray-it-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Skin Cancer Risk \u2014 Spray It Away?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_158112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158112\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-158112 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HEA-048-UConnHealthPodcastLogoFY20_191206-800x1200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The UConn Health Pulse Podcast logo.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HEA-048-UConnHealthPodcastLogoFY20_191206-800x1200-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HEA-048-UConnHealthPodcastLogoFY20_191206-800x1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HEA-048-UConnHealthPodcastLogoFY20_191206-800x1200-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HEA-048-UConnHealthPodcastLogoFY20_191206-800x1200-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HEA-048-UConnHealthPodcastLogoFY20_191206-800x1200-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HEA-048-UConnHealthPodcastLogoFY20_191206-800x1200.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The \u201cUConn Health Pulse\u201d podcast brings a variety of expertise on health topics to the general public.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether the worry is over absorbing sunscreen\u2019s chemicals through our skin or through our lungs with the spray version, or potential threats to the ocean\u2019s ecosystem, should these concerns change our minds about using sunscreen?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uconnhealth.org\/providers\/profiles\/bordelon%20kelsey-jenna\">Dr. Jenna Kelsey<\/a>, UConn Health dermatologist, says studies indeed have indicated some chemicals from sunscreen can make their way into our bloodstream, but that\u2019s not as daunting as it may sound. She discusses the risks and benefits of sunscreen on the UConn Health Pulse podcast.<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment --><span class=\"cf0\"><blockquote>\n  <p>Any sunscreen is better than nothing. But if you are worried about some of these concerns, then just stick to the physical blockers or the mineral sunscreens, which are not absorbed into the body whatsoever. <cite> &#8212 Dr. Jenna Kelsey<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/span><!--EndFragment --><\/p>\n<h2>Listen now:<\/h2>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;min-width: min(100%, 430px);height: 150px\" title=\"Skin Cancer Risk: Spray Away?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?from=embed&amp;i=id82m-1929370-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;rtl=1&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=3267a3&amp;size=150\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/archives\/uconn-health-podcast\/skin-cancer-risk-spray-away\">Read the transcript.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jenna Kelsey, UConn Health dermatologist, discusses sunscreen concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":233729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230,2231,1868,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2010],"class_list":["post-233728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancer","category-health-well-being","category-meds","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 13:09:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233733,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233728\/revisions\/233733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/233729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233728"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=233728"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=233728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}