EWG's Claims About US Sunscreen Market, Skin-Cancer Prevention Analyzed
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
"The Rose Sheet" examines the Environmental Working Group's assertion that half of the US sunscreens it evaluated for its 2016 report and shopping guide likely would not be marketable in Europe due to inadequate UVA protection. The NGO's suggestion that sunscreen's capacity for preventing skin cancer has not been demonstrated also invites scrutiny.
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