EWG Sunscreen Report Smears Most On Market, Questions Cancer Preventiveness
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
In its annual sunscreen report, the Environmental Working Group says 80% of 1,700 sunscreens analyzed “contain harmful ingredients or offer inadequate protection against dangerous ultraviolet radiation – or both,” and suggests there’s little proof that sunscreens prevent most skin cancer. The Personal Care Products Council slammed the report, characterizing it as “chock full of misinformation.”
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