Neutrogena Beach Defense Water Resistant Sunscreen Body Lotion with Broad Spectrum SPF 70, Oil-Free and Fast-Absorbing, 6.7 oz

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The sunscreens tested by Valisure were only a tiny sample of the more than 11,000 registered sun care products on the market.

Neutrogena Beach Defense Water Resistant Sunscreen Body

The good news is you can get enough vitamin D and protect yourself from burns without always turning to sunscreen. How to Avoid Too Much Sun Europe continues to do a far better job at sunscreen regulation than the U.S. “EWG estimates that most sunscreens sold in the U.S. would be too weak for the European market because they don’t filter UVA rays well enough. An EWG study of laboratory tests of 51 sunscreen products found that only 35 percent of the products tested met the EU standard, but 94 percent would pass the current U.S. standard.” Exposure to high levels of benzene in the air can cause death, the ATSDR says, but the impacts of eating foods or drinking liquids containing lower levels of benzene are not known. Cigarette smoke and off-gassing from furniture wax, detergents, glue and paint are sources of indoor exposure to benzene, according to the CDC, while outdoor air can be polluted with benzene from “gas stations, motor vehicle exhaust, and industrial emissions.”

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The companies recently pulled several sunscreens from market shelves after independent testing had found they were contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called benzene.

Beach Defense Oil-Free Sunscreen Spray SPF 50 - Neutrogena

We initiated this voluntary recall out of an abundance of caution. Our medical safety team worked with external experts to In fact, Americans’ sunscreen choices are fewer and often offer worse UVA protection compared to those available in the European Union. A past EWG report cited research of Brian Diffey, Ph.D., emeritus professor of photobiology at the Institute of Cellular Medicine at Newcastle University. He’s shown that, on average, U.S. sunscreens allow about three times more UVA rays to transfer through skin compared to European sunscreens.Sunscreen use is critical to public health. Melanoma incidences continue to increase worldwide, and the majority of cases Getting some sun exposure is vital for good health because it helps your body create vitamin D. There are multiple ways to get vitamin D, but your best bet is to get it from standing in the sun or eating vitamin D-rich foods . In fact, sitting in the sun unexposed for about 10 minutes helps your body create roughly 10,000 units of natural vitamin D. This matters because UVA rays are more abundant than UVB rays, and UVA damage is more subtle than the sunburns induced mainly by UVB rays. UVA rays can damage your skin invisibly by suppressing the immune system and aging the skin over time. Overexposure of these rays are also linked to the development of melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, too. this product may be reported to the FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program either online, by regular mail or by fax. The company said benzene is not an ingredient in its products, and it is investigating what caused its presence. It said the level of benzene present in their tests “would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences” in daily exposure — and it is recalling the products “out of an abundance of caution.”