Consumers Burned By “Nano-Free” Sunscreens? NGO Cries “Scandal”

Friends of the Earth claims that materials supplier Antaria misleads its customers and ultimately consumers by billing its ZinClear-IM sunscreen ingredient as “nano-free” when third-party testing shows it contains “clusters” of nanoparticles. How nanotechnology should be defined, and exactly what materials warrant special attention from a regulatory standpoint, continues to be a matter of debate internationally.