Sunscreens, once again

A number of our friends were commenting last week on a syndicated feature in our local paper on the ineffectiveness of many sunscreen products (Washington Post version here). Hardly news, I'm afraid, but it seems not everyone is big on reading fine print -- and the newspaper coverage is still far from complete.

If you are serious about skin protection (and if you spend any time outdoors to speak of, you ought to be), this database from the Environmental Working Group is a great resource -- though its abundance of data on every possible hazard of every single ingredient may leave your head spinning. Although I'm glad for it: I just looked up their #1 recommendation (UV Natural Sport SPF 30+), only to find that the sixth-listed ingredient is sesame oil -- to which my oldest daughter is (or at least was, last time she was exposed) quite strongly allergic.

Posted by David on July 9, 2007 10:59 AM