5 things accomplished faster than sunscreen regulations

It's been nearly 30 years since the FDA acknowledged the need for sunscreen industry regulations, but it isn't because crafting regulations is too difficult a task for the U.S. government. It took the government less time to

• Craft and sign the Declaration of Independence
• Defeat Nazi Germany (granted, we had some help on that one)
• Figure out that prohibition was a bad plan
• Create the Medicare system
• Put a man on the moon (8 years from presidential imperative to lunar landing)

Getting sunscreen safety standards finalized should be a piece of cake compared to all that. We've seen the FDA bough to industry pressure on this issue before for the past three decades, but we're not sure what the industry is so afraid of -- after all, if their products are as safe as they claim they'll have no problem getting approved. Right?

Maybe, just in case the industry still thinks they have something to hide, you should let the FDA know that you want them to finalize and implement their proposed standards. Go to the FDA's comment page to tell them you don't want to wait another 30 years for safe and effective sunscreens.