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Based on EWG's modeling this product would likely pass the FDA proposed UVA test.
The FDA does not have enough health and safety data to classify 3 active ingredients in this product as safe and effective: AVOBENZONE, OCTISALATE, OCTOCRYLENE
Overall this product poses a moderate concern for sun protection or ingredient safety. Read more
Based on our modeling this product provides MODERATE UVA protection and a MODERATE balance of UVA protection in relation to the SPF.
The ingredients in this product pose a MODERATE health concern.
Don't depend on sunscreen alone! Shade and clothing offer much better skin protection. Read more
Sunscreens can break down while still in the bottle. To be safe dispose of products when the mixture clumps or separates.
Retailers:Alba Botanica http://www.albabotanica.com/
Ingredients from label Active Ingredients: Avobenzone 3.0%, Octocrylene 10.0%, Octyl Salicylate 5.0%, Inactive Ingredients: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Aqua (Water), Stearyl/Octyldodecyl Citrate Crosspolymer, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate Se, Shea Butter Ethyl Esters, C14-22 Alcohols, Mica, Polyglyceryl-10 Pentastearate, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Bambusa Arundinacea Stem Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Chamomilla Recutita (Matricaria) Flower Extract, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Fruit Juice, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Water, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Alcohol, Behenyl Alcohol, C12-20 Alkyl Glucoside, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Citric Acid, Glyceryl Caprylate, Potassium Hydroxide, Quartz, Sodium Anisate, Sodium Levulinate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate
Concerns: Cancer, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Contamination concerns (BENZOIC ACID, 4-T-BUTYLBENZOIC ACID, BENZALDEHYDE, P-ANISIC ACID, ACETOPHENONE, DIBENZOYLMETHANE), Use restrictions
Concerns: Biochemical or cellular level changes, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Persistence and bioaccumulation, Use restrictions
Concerns: Enhanced skin absorption, Ecotoxicology, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Use restrictions
Concerns: Cancer, Data gaps, Developmental/reproductive toxicity, Use restrictions
Concerns: Use restrictions
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: Use restrictions
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Concerns: Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Persistence and bioaccumulation
Concerns: Use restrictions
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: Use restrictions
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Concerns: none identified
Concerns: Cancer, Ecotoxicology, Allergies/immunotoxicity, Contamination concerns (HYDROQUINONE)
Concerns: Enhanced skin absorption, Multiple, additive exposure sources, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: Use restrictions
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: Use restrictions
Concerns: Enhanced skin absorption
Concerns: Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Occupational hazards, Use restrictions
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: Ecotoxicology
Concerns: none identified
Concerns: Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)
Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Occupational hazards, Use restrictions
Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
Concerns: Data gaps, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Use restrictions
UVA/UVB Balance
EWG's estimate of the UV protection provided by this product. An ideal sunscreen filters UVA and UVB rays evenly, but some sunscreens let too many UVA rays through.
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