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Sunscreens "Blistered" By Nonprofit Study


Published July 7, 2008

Think that bottle of sunscreen is protecting you and your family? You may need to think again, according to tests performed by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). What you don't know can hurt you, as this year alone over one million cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States, and approximately 8,000 Americans will die from melanoma, a type of skin cancer. Click here to read this post.