Scrutinizing EWG Claims About Sunscreen Market, Skin-Cancer Prevention
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
We examine 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 group's suggestion that sunscreen's capacity for preventing skin cancer has not been demonstrated also invites scrutiny.