FDA’s Sunscreen Regulatory Approach Misaligned With Its Public Health Messaging, Trade Groups Say

The Personal Care Products Council and Consumer Healthcare Products Association say FDA’s tentative final sunscreen monograph and related communications have given rise to confusion that could lead to reduced sunscreen use and negative public health consequences. The groups go one further: FDA should reissue a tentative final monograph proposing that the 12 chemical UV filters currently in question are GRASE.