Sunscreen News
|
You wouldn't think that a product designed to prevent UV damage would actually increase your risk of skin cancer. And yet, researchers are saying that common sunblock ingredient zinc oxide may increase a person's risk of developing skin cancer.
|
|
While many consumers purchased sunscreen in confusion over the bottles' sun protection numbers and early aging or cancer prevention claims, the FDA worked to clarify its rules. The agency's new and improved sunscreen regulations take effect next summer.
|
|
A USDA researcher reports that his team has developed a new process for converting soybean oil into a non-toxic, natural sunscreen agent that is friendlier to the environment than many petroleum-based ingredients.
|
|
It's a hot summer's day and you're at the beach for a well deserved day of leisure, enjoying the refreshing water and a picnic. There is very little shade, so you slather on the sunscreen, unaware that you might be negatively impacting nearby fish.
|
|
Latest research shows that sunscreen manufacturers have an alarmingly different calculation of how much of the lotion a person actually uses.The effectiveness of the lotion is therefore based on a false assumption of how much a person applies.
|
The chemicals in sunscreens protect the skin but hurt the environment, the corals and the fishes in the sea. LycoRed has produced a green product based on tomatoes that help protect the skin without sunscreen.
|
|
A new study commissioned by the European Commission says that the sunscreen lotion that we used to protect us from the sun is a major contributor to coral bleaching.
|
|
Imagine spreading broccoli extract on your skin to protect against the sun’s powerful rays. Sounds odd? A team of scientists recommend doing just that to decrease the risk of skin cancer.
|
Aerosols present in the earth's atmosphere consist of dust, volcanic ash and man made pollution act like a global sun screen by blocking harmful components of sun light. But recently NASA reported that it is thinning.
|
Games postponed for two week due to torrential rain, now off to the races!
|
apis-176541 apis-157260 apis-136689 apis-120688 apis-106401 apis-104024 apis-89223
Sunscreen Headlines
Sunscreens claim to be waterproof, though they've been told to stop.
As summer approaches and Americans head to the beaches for Memorial Day Weekend, people are stocking up on sunscreen to protect their skin. But finding a good sunscreen can be difficult. Walk down the aisle looking to buy sunscreen and you're bombarded with claims such as waterproof, sweat-proof, and protects against skin cancer. The problem, many of those claims are false.
For example, some sunscreen advertise themselves as being waterproof and offering all-day protection. The FDA has labeled both these claims "misleading and false." According to David Andrews of the Environmental Working Group, there's no such thing as waterproof sunscreen at all. No matter what the sunscreen, he told us, "at some point it will rub off and dissolve in to the water."
A week ago people in the Aberdeenshire village of Aboyne were basking in spring sunshine as temperatures soared to a record high of 23.6 degrees. But a change in weather means they have swapped sunscreen for snow shovels.
 As melanoma cases are on the rise among young people, Canadian dermatologists are With melanoma cases on the rise among young people, Canadian dermatologists are advising people to slap on sunscreen after shedding winter layers.
|
 |
Top News
topnews-right-177722 topnews-right-177740 topnews-right-177739 topnews-right-177616 topnews-right-177738 topnews-right-177745 topnews-right-177719 topnews-right-177731
Sunscreen Image
Sunscreen Blogs
|
It is scorching hot outside (I'm not complaining, just feeling the need to contribute to the most popular topic of...
|
|
Apparently the Ontario Government is short on dealing with matters more in tune with concerns of their constituents, or...
|
bpimgset-158824
|
Email this
Share on Facebook
