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Sunscreens are much praised to protect children from adverse effects of sunlight exposure. But don’t sunscreens ingredients have adverse effects for health or the environment? In a report released today our colleagues from our French office and Agir pour l’Environnement, a French health and environment organization, reveal the results of their common survey of 71 sunscreens for children.
Between March and May 2020, we purchased 71 products covering the vast majority of brands sold in supermarkets, drugstores, and organic shops.
We screened the ingredients lists (UV filters and others) on the labelling to list and identify the substances of concern, based on the most recent available scientific literature: endocrine disruptors (EDCs), nanoparticles or allergens among others. The efficacy of the UV filters was not questioned, while all of them may not prove to be sufficiently protective.
We checked the compliance with the mandatory labelling of ingredients containing nanoparticles : we assigned the Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais (LNE) to conduct an analysis of 3 products, each one sold in a different distribution network, and with no nanoparticles indicated on the label.
Our findings:
Our demands
All details and results of our survey, including the table of the 71 sunscreens and the information cards of the 29 substances of concern can be found in our report available online (in French).
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