Sunscreen Spray Recall...potential FIRE risk

If you have watched the news lately then you are aware of the fact that Banana Boat has recalled some 23 sunscreen spray-on products due to the fact that roughly 5 people have caught on fire after applying them!  The maker of Banana Boat, Energizer Holdings, is pulling the Banana Boat Ultra Mist Continuous Spray series and claims that the problem is actually in the spray valve which is over applying the product.  

A flammable product that is over-applied and unable to dry quickly poses a fire risk, I can wrap my brain around that....but what I don't understand is why exactly are we putting something so flammable on our skin?  And how is this type of product being approved, safety wise?  

I'm sure the argument will be made that this is similar to anything out of a spray bottle, whether it's hairspray, spray deodorant, insecticides, even cooking spray, it becomes flammable when used in a aerosol form.  So WHY are we using the aerosol forms?  Convenience? .... 3rd degree burns all over your body doesn't really sound convenient to me...and neither do all the respiratory health concerns surrounding spray bottle products.  

Let's put aside the fact that a great deal of sunscreens {in lotion form} aren't very good for us because they contain oxybenzone and retinly palmitate, which, by the way, through studies has been found to increase your chance of getting skin cancer {you can read more about that here from an earlier post} but why take a product that is already harmful and then add more bad stuff to it?  The chemicals used to make aerosols can include - volatile hydrocarbons, propane, alcohol and dimethyl ether - call me crazy but I just can't see how putting a bunch of potentially harmful chemicals on our bodies protects us from ANYTHING....Can you?

What are your thoughts?  

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Sources

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-57536368/banana-boat-sunscreen-recalled-over-fire-risk/

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/is-sunscreen-flammable/

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