Is You Sunscreen Product Safe and Effective?

Yesterday I shared tips for assuring that your anti-aging products contain only Safe Ingredients and recommended some online sources you can refer to.

You may have noticed that I excluded the Environmental Working Group, which has one of the largest ingredient databases online.

I sometimes refer readers to the EWG, especially when they are concerned about health risks of certain ingredients. However, the EWG database should only be a starting point. If you see something there that concerns you, please do further research elsewhere.

Why? In my opinion, the EWG methodology of risk assessment results in scores which often unduly alarm consumers and drive them to even less safe products - or products in which EWG has a financial stake.

In the EWG construct, ingredients are considered riskier if EWG judges there are “data gaps” or “insufficient data”. That would make sense if they were calling on all the research available and following sound statistical analysis. However, they seem to choose which studies to rely on, discarding sources which medical and chemical experts consider credible. They concoct their own methodologies rather than rely on accepted stringent scientific norms.

That’s not just my opinion.

Comes back for the conclusion of Is Your Sunscreen Product Safe and Effective? Monday.

Tags: cosmetic safety, check ingredients, consumer safety, educated consumers, Ageless Beauty for cosmetic safety, EWG, Personal Care Products Council