By Erika Hayes/July 14, 2010
MYRTLE BEACH—Every summer, Americans load up on sunscreen in an effort to avoid skin wrinkling, or even worse, cancer. But every year, more questions are raised about the safety of certain ingredients used in sunscreens.
The Federal Drug Administration recently began investigating retinyl palimate, an ingredient used in about 40% of sunscreens.
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“(The Vitamin A derivative retinyl palimate) is so complex. Maybe there is a bad actor, maybe there isn’t. Science will tell us whether or not the fears are founded but I would not go off and get too concerned,“ said Weimer.
According to him, Americans have fewer choices than other countries like Europe and Japan. The US only has 17 FDA-approved sunscreens, compared to Europe’s 28 and Japan’s 40. continue reading at scnow
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