The active ingredients of commonly-used sunscreens end up in the bloodstream at much higher levels than current U.S. guidelines from health regulators and warrant further safety studies, according to a small study conducted by U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers.
The over-the-counter products originally marketed to prevent sunburn with little regulation are widely used to block radiation from the sun that can cause skin cancer, the most common malignancy in the United States.
The study of 23 volunteers tested four sunscreens, including sprays, lotion and cream, applied to 75 percent of the body four times a day over four days, with blood tests to determine the maximum levels of certain chemicals absorbed into the bloodstream conducted over seven days.
The study, published Monday, found maximum plasma levels of the chemicals it tested for - avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene and in one sunscreen ecamsule - to be well above the level of 0.5 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) at which FDA guidelines call for further safety testing.
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4 comments:
I would not worry about it around here unless the fatties are drinking it.
May 10, 2019 at 5:36 PM tell that to your child when they die from cancer from it jackass.
I just read that swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time might cause cancer
Many are also extremely flamable. Not recommended you use alot of sunscreen and run the lawnmower. Someone caught fire and burned to death last year because of the.
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