09.01.22
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued a report in August, titled “Review of Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Sunscreens in Aquatic Environments and Implications for Sunscreen Usage and Human Health,” recommending that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conduct an ecological risk assessment (ERA) of ultraviolet (UV) filters, the active ingredient used in sunscreens.
Given the evidence that aquatic ecosystems in the U.S. and possibly endangered species are exposed to these UV filters, and given the importance of these ingredients in skin cancer prevention, this assessment is urgently needed and should be shared with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for consideration in its oversight of UV filters, the report concluded.
UV filters used in sunscreen have been found in numerous aquatic environments, and in water, sediment, and animal tissue. The report focused on the 17 UV filters used in the U.S. Ecological risk assess
Given the evidence that aquatic ecosystems in the U.S. and possibly endangered species are exposed to these UV filters, and given the importance of these ingredients in skin cancer prevention, this assessment is urgently needed and should be shared with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for consideration in its oversight of UV filters, the report concluded.
UV filters used in sunscreen have been found in numerous aquatic environments, and in water, sediment, and animal tissue. The report focused on the 17 UV filters used in the U.S. Ecological risk assess
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