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Can Sunscreen Be Considered a Drug?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:33:29 +0000

Last week, a mom in Tacoma, WA. went public after her fair-skinned young daughters came home from an all-day field trip badly sunburned because teachers weren’t allowed to provide them with sunscreen.

Now the policies that led to the incident are being re-examined.

Teens Almost Killed While Sunbathing

Bruce Mikells — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:55:34 +0000

This is a story of two teens in Pennsylvania who accidentally fell asleep while tanning. They also happened to fall asleep while tanning in the middle of a city street.You guessed it they were hit by a car and had to be flown to a hospital for treatment.

FDA Issues New Rules For Sunscreen Labels

Jude Walker — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:21:46 +0000

I was just apalled when I saw this story. Apparently the U.S. has been way behind most of the industrialized world when it comes to sunscreens and protection of our skin.

Thus, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that starting next summer sunscreen makers will have to test their products' effectiveness against sun rays that pose the greatest danger to our skin. Right now sunscreens protect against UVB rays but not all protect against the deep-skin penetrating UVA rays.