The Environmental Working Group tested 783 sunscreens and found that 84% of them offer inadequate protection from the sun or have other safety concerns (they attract bears). Among those tested, 17 are highly effective in the sun and offer low risks of health hazard. At the other end of the spectrum, 15 products won the Grammy of sunscreen by being rated both highly hazardous and completely ineffective.
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ByRocky Thompson
EWG has a terrible website. I followed the link, but couldn’t be sure exactly how the scoring works — not sure you summarized it correctly in your post. I THINK the lower the scores, the healthier the product…
Hey AC -
You’re right about the ratings. Lower scores = safer, more effective products. Rocky’s summary nails it. Except for that part about bears — I must have missed that part of the report!
Nice photo! What sunscreen did you use for that shot? Or isn’t it sunscreen?
AC: The EWG site is poor only if you want to grab a lot of content in a very short amount of time. If you spend some time there, you’ll see that it is extremely deep and has a TON of information in it. It represents what I interpret as a colossal effort, though I think the BEST of Page could be a little better. Personally I prefer the Lowest Hazard/ Highest Efficacy Corner of the Graph on the Executive Summary Report page. That link is Here: http://tinyurl.com/33f5qz