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Most Sunscreens Fail To Protect Your Skin From Sun

Emax Health
Published July 4, 2008

Most available sunscreens are found to be not that effective and safe as advertised when it comes to protecting your skin from the sun. Environmental Working Group is a nonprofit organization, which decided to check the available sunscreen products for their efficiency and safety. The group examined 950 brand name sunscreen products, 400 published studies about these products and 60 national databases on information about what chemicals sunscreens contain and how toxic these chemicals can actually be. Click here to read this post.
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