NGO Sunscreen Reports Leave Consumers With Less-Than-Stellar Options

The Environmental Working Group's 2017 guide steers consumers toward mineral-based formulas due to purported risks associated with chemical actives, while Consumer Reports says mineral sunscreens are most likely to carry inflated SPF claims. Online chatter shows that consumers are understandably at a loss.

Confused

The Environmental Working Group continues to rank mineral-based sunscreens more highly in its annual Guide to Sunscreens due to cited chemical filter risks – and concerns about oxybenzone specifically – that industry maintains are bunk.

"Most non-mineral sunscreens score poorly in EWG’s sunscreen guide because they include potentially toxic additives, including oxybenzone, an endocrine-disrupting chemical,...

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