Consumers Burned By “Nano-Free” Sunscreens? NGO Cries “Scandal”
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Friends of the Earth claims that materials supplier Antaria misleads its customers and ultimately consumers by billing its ZinClear-IM sunscreen ingredient as “nano-free” when third-party testing shows it contains “clusters” of nanoparticles. How nanotechnology should be defined, and exactly what materials warrant special attention from a regulatory standpoint, continues to be a matter of debate internationally.