Sunscreen study

[kcredden]

Turns out that not ALL sunscreens are working. Here is a study on 1,000 different sunscreens. Worth a look!

Does your sunscreen work? An investigation of nearly 1,000 brand-name sunscreen products (http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/sunscreens2008/summary.php) finds that 4 out of 5 contain chemicals that may pose health hazards or don't adequately protect skin from the sun's damaging rays. Some of the worst offenders are leading brands like Coppertone, Banana Boat, and Neutrogena
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More than a million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the U.S. every year, but FDA still hasn't finalized sunscreen standards first announced 30 years ago. Meanwhile, companies are free to claim but not provide broad spectrum protection. Until FDA requires that all sunscreens be safe and effective, Environmental Working Group's comprehensive sunscreen guide—including a list of 143 products that offer very good sun protection—fills in the gaps.

It's here (http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/special/sunscreens2008/index.php?nothanks=1)

Oh might I add, that the companies dispute the study (of course) Why I subscribe to Consumer Reports.

Addendum
: Just looking thought the site, word of warning: You may see this:

Welcome to Skin Deep
Cosmetic Safety Database by Environmental Working Group
Before you enter the site, please sign up for bi-monthly updates from EWG featuring news on Skin Deep, shopping tips, and more!


I recommend do not sign up! I just got hit with a nasty near-phish schemerecently (I'm working on an article for the BBS) that required me to cancel my debit card and reissue it to stop it. It may just give you some spam to block, but it could do worse.



- Kc

[tkcomer]

I'd wish they come up with a sun screen that dried after you put it on. Out on the farm, you would be encased in dirt in a half hour. But then again, you wouldn't need sun screen after that happened.

[annie]

thanks tk ---I needed a good laugh, even tho what you said is true!

[ponto]

Since the beginning of time, nature has used a layer of dirt and dust to protect animals from sunburn. That is why you see horses and other animals clear a dirt area in the pasture, then roll in it everyday.

After a cleansing rain, the first thing they do is roll in the dirt..............

Maybe an FDA study on the sunscreen values for different types of soil would be a good use for our tax dollars........lol

[tkcomer]

Dirt as a sun screen only works if you don't sweat. If you do sweat, it migrates to your clothes.

[kcredden]

Aye, also after a cleansing bath too.

Someone catch that dog!!! Not in the mud!!

:)

After a cleansing rain, the first thing they do is roll in the dirt..............

[mom36]

A funny thing happened to me, I went to the beach and laid out in the sun with no protectant and no tan or burn, but I decided to go to the pool and put on suncreen and got the best tan ever. Hmmm how did that happen?