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EWG rating for CeraVe Hydrating Face Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 50






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CeraVe Hydrating Face Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 50

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Before you go outside:
You should not rely on sunscreen alone.



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Ingredients

Ingredients from label Active Ingredients: Titanium Dioxide 9.0%, Zinc Oxide 7.0%; Inactive Ingredients: WATER, GLYCERIN, C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE, DIMETHICONE, ISODODECANE, STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, GLYCERYL STEARATE, BUTYLOCTYL SALICYLATE, DICAPRYLYL CARBONATE, PROPANEDIOL, STEARIC ACID, ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, PEG-100 STEARATE, SORBITAN STEARATE, NIACINAMIDE, PEG-8 LAURATE, CERAMIDE NP, CERAMIDE AP, CERAMIDE EOP, SORBITAN ISOSTEARATE, CARBOMER, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, CETEARETH-20, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, DIMETHICONOL, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM LAUROYL LACTYLATE, SODIUM DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE, MYRISTIC ACID, SODIUM HYALURONATE, CHOLESTEROL, PALMITIC ACID, PHENOXYETHANOL, CHLORPHENESIN, TOCOPHEROL, HYDROXYETHYL ACRYLATE/SODIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYL TAURATE COPOLYMER, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, CITRIC ACID, PANTHENOL, XANTHAN GUM, PHYTOSPHINGOSINE, POLYHYDROXYSTEARIC ACID, POLYSORBATE 60, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN

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Data Availability

Ingredient Name & Details

BUTYLOCTYL SALICYLATE

Concerns: Cancer (low), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Use restrictions (high), Endocrine disruption (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)

DIMETHICONE

Concerns: Use restrictions (moderate), Persistence and bioaccumulation (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low)

PEG-8 LAURATE

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Use restrictions (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Contamination concerns (ETHYLENE OXIDE and 1,4-DIOXANE)

PHENOXYETHANOL

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Use restrictions (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high), Occupational hazards (high)

CHLORPHENESIN

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Use restrictions (moderate), Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)

PEG-100 STEARATE

Concerns: Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Contamination concerns (ETHYLENE OXIDE and 1,4-DIOXANE)

CETEARETH-20

Concerns: Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Contamination concerns (ETHYLENE OXIDE and 1,4-DIOXANE)

POLYSORBATE-60

Concerns: Use restrictions (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Contamination concerns (ETHYLENE OXIDE and 1,4-DIOXANE)

TITANIUM DIOXIDE (SUNSCREEN GRADE) active ingredient 9%

Concerns: Cancer (moderate), Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Occupational hazards (high), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)

ZINC OXIDE(SUNSCREEN GRADE) active ingredient 7%

Concerns: Cancer (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (moderate), Persistence and bioaccumulation (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Ecotoxicology (low), Occupational hazards (moderate), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)

GLYCERIN

Concerns: Use restrictions (moderate)

STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER

Concerns: Use restrictions (low), Contamination concerns (METHACRYLIC ACID, ACRYLIC ACID, and 2-ETHYLHEXYL ACRYLATE)

PROPANEDIOL

Concerns: Cancer (low), Enhanced skin absorption, Endocrine disruption (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)

TOCOPHEROL

Concerns: Cancer (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Endocrine disruption (low), Contamination concerns (HYDROQUINONE)

CITRIC ACID

Concerns: Use restrictions (moderate)

ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high)

C12-15 ALKYL BENZOATE

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)

ISODODECANE

Concerns: Use restrictions (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)

DICAPRYLYL CARBONATE

Concerns: Use restrictions (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)

STEARIC ACID

Concerns: Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE

Concerns: Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)

CARBOMER

Concerns: Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)

SODIUM DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE

Concerns: Use restrictions (low), Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

MYRISTIC ACID

Concerns: Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

CHOLESTEROL

Concerns: Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate)

PALMITIC ACID

Concerns: Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

PANTHENOL

Concerns: Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)

Before you go outside: You should not rely on sunscreen alone.


Wear clothes

Plan around the sun

Don't get burned

Wear sunglasses

Find Shade

Bring Shade
 
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