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EWG rating for Neutrogena Healthy Defense Daily Moisturizer with Sunscreen, SPF 50






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Neutrogena Healthy Defense Daily Moisturizer with Sunscreen, SPF 50

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About the Product
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Contains oxybenzone, a hormone disrupting chemical. Read more

Contains retinyl palmitate, which may damage sun-exposed skin. Read more

Sunscreens can break down while still in the bottle. To be safe dispose of products when the mixture clumps or separates.

This product contains chemical active ingredient(s) that the FDA does not have enough health safety data to classify as safe and effective: AVOBENZONE, HOMOSALATE, OCTISALATE, OCTOCRYLENE, OXYBENZONE


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Ingredients

Ingredients from label Active Ingredients: Avobenzone 3.0%, Homosalate 12.0%, Octisalate 5.0%, Octocrylene 2.35%, Oxybenzone 6.0%; Inactive Ingredients: WATER, DIMETHICONE, DIETHYLHEXYL 2,6-NAPHTHALATE, GLYCERIN, TRISILOXANE, PEG-100 STEARATE, GLYCERYL STEARATE, CETEARYL ALCOHOL, BEHENYL ALCOHOL, POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE, CAPRYLYL METHICONE, STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, HYDROGENATED PALM GLYCERIDES, BENZYL ALCOHOL, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, METHYLPARABEN, CETEARYL GLUCOSIDE, XANTHAN GUM, PROPYLPARABEN, TOCOPHEROL, DISODIUM EDTA, POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE, BHT, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ASCORBIC ACID, RETINYL PALMITATE, PANTOTHENIC ACID

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Ingredient Name & Details

PROPYLPARABEN

Concerns: Developmental/reproductive toxicity (moderate), Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (high), Ecotoxicology (low)

RETINYL PALMITATE (VITAMIN A PALMITATE)

Concerns: Cancer (moderate), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (high), Use restrictions (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)

METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Use restrictions (high), Neurotoxicity (low), Ecotoxicology (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)

OCTISALATE active ingredient 5%

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (low), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)

BENZYL ALCOHOL

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Use restrictions (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Occupational hazards (high)

BHT

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

HOMOSALATE active ingredient 12%

Concerns: Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Contamination concerns (SALICYLIC ACID and TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXANOL)

OXYBENZONE active ingredient 6%

Concerns: Cancer (low), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (moderate), Persistence and bioaccumulation (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)

DIMETHICONE

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

METHYLPARABEN

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Use restrictions (low), Endocrine disruption (moderate), Biochemical or cellular level changes (moderate)

PEG-100 STEARATE

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

TOCOPHERYL ACETATE

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

AVOBENZONE active ingredient 3%

Concerns: Cancer (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (low), Contamination concerns (BENZOIC ACID, 4-T-BUTYLBENZOIC ACID, BENZALDEHYDE, P-ANISIC ACID, ACETOPHENONE, and DIBENZOYLMETHANE)

OCTOCRYLENE active ingredient 2.4%

Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Use restrictions (moderate), Persistence and bioaccumulation (low), Ecotoxicology (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)

GLYCERIN

Concerns: Use restrictions (moderate)

TRISILOXANE

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

STYRENE/ACRYLATES COPOLYMER

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

ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN

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

CETEARYL GLUCOSIDE

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

TOCOPHEROL

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

BEHENYL ALCOHOL

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

POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE

Concerns: Use restrictions (low)

CAPRYLYL METHICONE

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

DISODIUM EDTA

Concerns: Enhanced skin absorption

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE

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