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Call To Regulate UVA Protection In US Sunscreen Formulation

CosmeticsDesign.com
Published July 17, 2007

A campaign to update FDA legislation relating to standards for UVA protection on sunscreen formuations sold in the US has been launched by congresswoman Nita Lowey. The legislation focuses on how much protection a product provides against ultraviolet-A (UVA) rays that cause skin cancer, and could have significant implications for the way such products are labeled and marketed. "Consumers may wrongly believe that their sunscreen is sufficiently blocking all the rays that cause skin cancer. In fact, the only thing really being blocked is the truth," said Lowey. More here: http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/news/ng.asp?n=78306-fda-sunscreen-uva
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