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Sun Setting On Attempts To Expand Hawaii Sunscreen Ingredient Ban During 2021

 
• By Lauren Nardella

Advocates hoped a study suggesting octocrylene in sunscreens may degrade into benzophenone would convince lawmakers to expand ban, but a House committee maintained its commitment to wait on more research.

Environmental advocates have failed to convince Hawaii lawmakers, and likely won't before the state’s 2021 legislative session ends, to expand a ban on sales of sunscreens containing certain UV filters.

They’d hoped a study suggesting octocrylene in sunscreens may degrade into benzophenone would convince lawmakers to expand the ban. Their...

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