How to Stay Truly Safe in the Sun

SOURCES:

Valisure: “Valisure Detects Benzene in Sunscreen,” “Valisure Citizen Petition on Benzene in Sunscreen and After-sun Care Products.”

CDC: “Facts About Benzene.”

David Light, CEO, Valisure.

FDA: “Shedding More Light on Sunscreen Absorption.”

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology: “Toxicopathological Effects of the Sunscreen UV Filter, Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3), on Coral Planulae and Cultured Primary Cells and Its Environmental Contamination in Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands.”

National Ocean Service: “Skincare Chemicals and Coral Reefs.”

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: “Environmental Impact of Currently Marketed Sunscreens and Potential Human Impacts of Changes in Sunscreen Usage.”

American Academy of Dermatology: “New American Academy of Dermatology survey finds one-third of Americans fail basic quiz on skin cancer and sun exposure,” “Skin Cancer”

Versta Research, Inc., “Practice Safe Sun Survey Findings.”

Larisa Geskin, MD, director, Comprehensive Skin Cancer Center, Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center.

Skin Cancer Foundation: “All About Sunscreen.”

Seemal R. Desai, MD, Innovative Dermatology, Plano, TX