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Sunblock may block the view, not the burn

July 22, 2009

Are sunblock manufacturers blowing sunshine up your wallet? A snippet of a report at Mother Jones making the rounds on the internet this week points to a shady effect of the pervasive sunscreen ingredient oxybenzone: it actually hides sunburn. “Eugene Pittz, a chemist in New Jersey was formulating sunscreens for the cosmetics company Warner-Lambert (now [...]

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7 safest sunscreens to slather on

May 22, 2009

Do you find it as tough to block out the hype about chemical-saturated sunscreens as we do? Let’s not even bring up the greenwashing imposters who gussy up their products to look like healthy, green alternatives—all based on topping off the chemical cocktail with a drop or two of aloe vera or tea tree oil. [...]

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