PABA - becoming less commonly used in sunscreen and skincare products after it was found to cause photo sensitivity and allergic reactions including rash and sores. Homosalate - disrupts natural hormones - estrogen, androgen and progesterone.Īs for other (inactive) ingredients commonly found in toxic sunscreen, here are a few of the most common ones:
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Octinoxate (otherwise called Octylmethoxycinnamate) - moderate skin allergies are connected, in addition to alteration of hormone activity, reproductive issues, and thyroid and behavioral alterations in animal studies. It penetrates through the skin and studies have found it present in mother's milk of nursing mothers. Oxybenzone - in addition to high rates of skin allergies, it acts like estrogen in the body, alters sperm production in animals and has been associated with endometriosis in women. There is a long list of chemical sunscreen active ingredients, including some of the more widely used ones listed below: Physical or mineral sunscreens use only one or two active ingredients - zinc oxide and titanium dioxide.
While the physical, or mineral, sunscreens talked about in the interview create a protective layer on the skin, chemical sunscreens are absorbed through the skin. Understanding the difference in the 2 categories of sunscreens is very important. Click here to watch this short and easy explanation by these doctors. Andrew Weil where they discuss the difference between chemical and physical mineral based sunscreens. It is the ingredients of course and not just the base of the formula, but the active ingredients. How can you tell if you are using toxic sunscreen?
So, which brands are safe? Some brands that you would think are natural or organic are misleading and contain toxic chemical ingredients.
But at the same time, we don't want to be spraying our kids with (and inhaling) toxic sunscreen ingredients. We don't want to deal with the sunburn, sun spots and otherwise damaged skin. And preventing sunburns on our kids goes without saying. It's summer again and we all want to protect our skin.
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