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I mean, it halfway is:
"Sunscreen" -- stuff with a decently high SPF rating -- is a good thing that prevents cancer.
"Suntan lotion" -- usually glorified coconut oil with fuck-all SPF rating -- is a bad thing that harms people.
"Sunscreen lotion" -- a confused amalgamation of the previous terms -- is not a thing and only misleads people by conflating good things with harmful ones.
So confidently stated yet so very wrong. Citation - an example that's available nationwide: https://no-ad.com/product/spf-85-sunscreen-lotion-3-oz/
'Lotion' implies that it's moisturiser-based, not that it has any tanning properties.
This is not truth everywhere. Where I grew up suntan lotion is sunscreen.