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EWG Casts FDA’s Proposed Sunscreen Rule As Validation Of Longstanding Concerns

 
• By Lauren Nardella

The Environmental Working Group has long favored mineral over chemical sunscreens in its annual ratings and buying guide, with particular concerns about oxybenzone, one of 12 active ingredients that FDA says need additional safety data to support GRASE determinations.

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The Environmental Working Group has seized on the US Food and Drug Administration’s proposed rule for a final OTC sunscreen drug monograph as verification that its longstanding concerns about chemical UV filters are not misplaced.

“The good news is that the FDA has reaffirmed what EWG has advocated for 13 years: Based on the best...

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