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Friday, January 28, 2011 at 10:58 AM
10:58AM

Oh the irony! Sunscreen ingrediant linked to skin cancer when activated by sunlight

DateFriday, January 28, 2011 at 10:58AM

Source: JulienNarboux (Beach and people.) [CC-BY-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

 A key independent science advisory panel has voted to confirm federal researchers' conclusion that retinyl palmitate, a form of vitamin A found in two-fifths of U.S. sunscreens, speeds the development of skin tumors and lesions when applied to the skin in the presence of sunlight...

Read the full article at ewg.org

See EWG's analysis of the raw NTP study data

Find a safe sunscreen with EWG's Sunscreen Guide

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