Baz Luhrmann once wrote a song titled Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen). (It actually has a good back channel story to it.) But apparently, that advice is maybe not so good.
SFGate has a story where a Green group compares sunscreen to snake oil. Some of the things they point out is:
"...EWG was so un-impressed with the results of its survey that the group's Vice President Jane Houlihan compared sunscreens to "modern-day snake oil, plying customers with claims of broad-spectrum protection but not providing it, while exposing people to potentially hazardous chemicals that can penetrate the skin into the body."
Ingredients to avoid are retinyl palmitate (Vitamin A) and oxybenzone. The best suncreens, according to the survey, are:
- Badger Unscented, SPF 30
- California Baby Sunblock Stick, No Scent, SPF 30
- Loving Naturals, SPF 30
- Soleo Organics All Natural, SPF 30
- thinkbaby/thinksport, SPF 30
- UV Natural Baby Sunscreen and Sunscreen Sport, SPF 30
- Purple Prarie Botanicals, SunStuff or Sun Stick, SPF 30"
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check out following link to see what the health risks are for your sunscreen:
http://www.ewg.org/2010sunscreen/finding-the-best-sunscreens/
Luckily, the stuff we use, coppertone water babies, is considered relatively safe and only has a few chemicals listed with effects such as: "Endocrine disruption, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Biochemical or cellular level changes"
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