EWG's 2010 Sunscreen Guide

Get the lowdown on sunscreen here--the good, the bad, and some sun safety tips.  Don't think that just because your sunscreen has a high SPF rating that it's going to prevent skin cancer.

EWG's fourth annual Sunscreen Guide gives low marks to the current crop of sunscreen products, with a few notable exceptions. EWG researchers recommend only 39 – 8 percent – of 500 beach and sport sunscreens for this season. The reason? A surge in exaggerated SPF claims above 50 and new disclosures about potentially hazardous ingredients, in particular recently developed government data linking vitamin A to accelerated growth of skin tumors and lesions. Learn more.

via EWG's 2010 Sunscreen Guide.

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