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A Girl’s Pandora: Oxybenzone
Environmental + Health News May 98 reports that scientists at the Memorial Sloan Cancer centre N.Y., U.S.A. and the U.S Government Brookhaven Laboratory have found that sunscreens protected against sunburn and cancers like Carcinoma, but not against Melanoma … If you are in doubt about the safety of your sunscreen , email us, or simply use non-oxybenzone sunscreens rather than “converting” ones. (select “products at the top of the page, then ” sun care” from the left) … Continue reading
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Octinoxate and other sunscreen ingredients
Oxybenzone, a derivative of benzophenone, is often used in conjuction with other sunscreens because it helps stabilize them and also because its sun protection powers are too weak to be used alone. Safety measures/side effects … Studies have also shown that Octinoxate can protect the skin against not only sunburn but also UV light-induced DNA alterations (Source). However, it isn’t very stable. When octinoxate is exposed to sunlight, it is converted into a less UV … Continue reading
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Health Alert: Common sunscreen ingredient may cause cancer …
I never knew that some compounds in sun screen may be carcinogens… http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/storie….15f5bc1b.html#. QUOTE. Safety concerns shine light on sunscreens 06:31 PM EDT on Monday, May 11, 2009. VIRGINIA BEACH – As summer approaches, the ads begin, … Medical experts say the ingredients are key to protection , but debate rages about the safety of a common ingredient in sunscreen – oxybenzone, also known as benzophenone 3, an organic compound. … Continue reading
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