It seems like every month there is a new study about why this product or that process by which the product was manufactured is not really beneficial to our beauty routine. How are we supposed to know what is fact and what is exaggeration? Case in point, today’s new study release……
The new, annual study published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) on sunscreens is out and the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) says the results are not correct.
Every year the EWG publishes a report that ranks sunscreens by factors including: their SPF and UVA protection, the products stability and if any of the ingredients are associated with any health hazards.
Out of the 500 products the EWG tested, 8% of them were recommended as safe. According to the EWG report, there has been a surge in products claiming exaggerated SPF protection, leading to consumers believing they are more protected than they actually are.
The report also highlighted a concern about the use of a vitamin A in many sunscreens which EWG claims could be a photo carcinogenic – retinoyl palmitate.
The PCPC says that the National Toxicology Program is researching retinoyl palmitate and its effects on UV-induced photocarcinogenisity, but no evidence exists to support the EWG’s claims yet.
And also the PCPC is concerned that these “baseless assertions” may lead to consumers abandoning their sunscreen products.
So what now………Wear sunscreen that may contain unhealthy additives or risk skin cancer?????
I know for me, I’m sticking to my SPF for now, what do you think?
Tags: health risks, study, sunscreen
