Are you all OK over there?
This is about as uplifting as stories about kids selling lemonade to afford their mothers insulin.
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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This is an "orphan crushing machine down for maintenance" type story. Ridiculous that a law like that was even necessary.
I wonder how often this sort of story will be posted here?
It is kinda like if eye bleach had the odd desiccated corpse pic. Not saying I am not down for it, but it was a bit of a shock.
There was a subreddit like that. Someone should replicate it here on Lemmy.
Why? Rage inducing subreddits made reddit insufferable.
What the fuck is wrong with America?! Land of the free huh
Children aren't treated like humans here. They're treated like prisoners.
Coincidentally, another group who should be treated as humans but aren't.
Just seen an advert from CNN via the 1980s on youtube, "invest in this, invest in that, invest in children our most precious natural RESOURCE"
they are resources to be invested in apparently
It's an insurance thing. If they say no sunscreen they can't then mix up sunscreens or sunscreen and something else and cause a reaction they would then be liable for.
I didn't look into it but I imagine there's language to make the parent responsible for indelibly labeling the sunscreen with name of student parent and contact info.
This is uplifting news?
The bar is low. Quite low.
Uplifting news from the US are from the upside down world.
No one got shot over it.
That read like NotTheOnion at first.
Why was this ever a thing? I mean, is "It’s because the FDA regulates sunscreen as an over-the-counter drug." actually still relevant? You can't just buy sunscreen in a supermarket in the US? Or is this only in regards to children?
You can buy it in a supermarket, because it's sold "over-the-counter", meaning you don't need a prescription to get it. The FDA regulates it because it has a medical purpose. This law was just brain dead.
Aaaaah, okay, sorry, totally mis-understood what that means, I thought it means freely available but has to be bought in a pharmacy. Thanks. :)
Unfortunately, a big reason for this is that not only is sunscreen not usually used daily outside of going to the pool or the beach by most Americans, sunscreen is regulated and classified as an over the counter drug and schools legally have to treat them the same way unless a specification is made like it is in this case.
Also, A lot of younger Americans are slowly but surely adopting daily sunscreen especially because it's trendy on tiktok. American sunscreen sucks and hasn't had a new sunscreen chemical approved for market use in nearly 30 years due the drug regulations. America's suncreens are quite literally worse than most other countries sunscreens which is a big factor why people don't use them daily.
Ninja edit: I know this first hand because I take medication that causes me to burn easily, as well as have photosensitive skin conditions and it was painful to be allowed sunscreen on school grounds... in high school. Similar nonsense of having to get a doctors note to opt out of milk with the school lunch due to lactose intolerance.
I find it hard to believe that it's regulated and classified as an over the counter drug.
Is that an American thing?
Over the counter drugs can be sold outside of a pharmacy, it's more of a regulatory term than anything else. It mainly just means that the product needs to be labeled specifically in order to be called sunscreen, and must be tested by the FDA for its effectiveness. You can't just mix lotion and zinc together and call it sunscreen, you need to prove it actually works.
If that's all it means then the real problem here is the requirement the school has.
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I find it hard to believe too. I've seen mini sunscreen bottles being given away in events. We'll need a source for this.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/02/26/2019-03019/sunscreen-drug-products-for-over-the-counter-human-use An over the counter drug means over the counter, you can buy it and sell it fine as long as its properly labeled and tested by the FDA with their approved ingredients. It's complicated and weird, but yes it is.
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bruh
Meanwhile in the Netherlands there is a government supported program to explain children why suncream is a must to use to reduce cancer risk. They even offer it for free or so.
“Land of the free”
They needed a doctor's note before? Why?
I posted it in a comment in this post, but it's likely because sunscreen in the US is classified and treated as an over the counter drug.
But I don't need a doctor's note to buy over the counter drug...
You do if you are a minor in school and intend on bringing it to school. You will have to store it in the nurses office as well to prevent it from being "shared." It's as absurd as it sounds, and this policy has been applied to inhalers and other prescription medications that should be on person as well and has caused deaths as a result. Cough drops are considered over the counter as well. It also applies to pain medication.
High school girls getting caught giving each other paracetamol/tylenol for period pain and being suspended as a result isn't an isolated thing either.
That's just fucking nuts!
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Wow, this makes me so sad. Wtf why would the state have anything to do with it? Why wouldn't the laws protect the people?
If i had to guess, its to stop parents potentially suing school boards, some foresight that didnt come to fruition maybe
Edit: someone explained in the comments, classifeid as an over the counter drug for some reason
And guns, I'm assuming.
Guns was probably okay to bring to school anyway...
That topic actually hurts..
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