Environmental Working Group hails jump in percentage of sunscreens the advocacy group considers to be effective in July 2 release announcing availability of its 2009 Sunscreen Consumer Guide. EWG says 70% of sunscreens offered for summer 2009 "contain strong UV filters," compared with 29% last year. Group additionally cites a 19% reduction in number of sunscreens containing oxybenzone, a UV filter EWG fingers as an endocrine disruptor. But EWG is not entirely pleased. Three out of five sunscreens "either don't protect skin from sun damage or contain hazardous chemicals -- or both," organization says, maintaining that UVA filter levels are in some cases too low to protect skin. Personal Care Products Council fires back in a July 1 release, calling EWG's findings "unscientific and unsubstantiated" and noting that all sunscreen products undergo pre-market safety and efficacy testing as required by FDA. Council points out that oxybenzone is deemed safe and effective by European, Canadian and U.S. authorities, as well as Cosmetic Ingredient Review; it additionally contends that EWG lacks the required expertise to evaluate sunscreen products and bases its conclusions on non-peer-reviewed science that "could unnecessarily confuse or alarm consumers.
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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On International Self-Care Day 2025 (July 24) PAGB releases its latest Self-Care Census which finds self-care confidence declining in the UK and AESGP launches a digital platform showcasing national-level self-care initiatives.
Major Europe-based consumer health players Reckitt, Haleon and Bayer feature in this sales and earnings preview, which highlights what to look out for as these three firms report their Q2 2025 results over the coming weeks.
