08.11.21
According to reports in several news outlets, a group of researchers led by a staffer at Haereticus Environmental Laboratory (HEL) have called on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull certain sunscreens from the market due to the presence of octocrylene.
According to Craig Downs, executive director of HEL, the letter to FDA requests removal of products containing octocrylene from the market because octocrylene may degrade to benzophenone, a possible carcinogen. In the petition, researchers told FDA that octocrylene can be found in more than 2,300 sunscreen/SPF products.
HEL calls itself "a non-profit scientific organization dedicated to increasing the scientific, social and economic knowledge of natural environmental habitats in order to better conserve and restore threatened environmental habitats and resources."
Downs published research findings in Chemical Research in Toxicology earlier this year.
In May, Valisure LLC submitted a citizen petition to FDA about benzene in sunscreen and after-sun care products.
According to Craig Downs, executive director of HEL, the letter to FDA requests removal of products containing octocrylene from the market because octocrylene may degrade to benzophenone, a possible carcinogen. In the petition, researchers told FDA that octocrylene can be found in more than 2,300 sunscreen/SPF products.
HEL calls itself "a non-profit scientific organization dedicated to increasing the scientific, social and economic knowledge of natural environmental habitats in order to better conserve and restore threatened environmental habitats and resources."
Downs published research findings in Chemical Research in Toxicology earlier this year.
In May, Valisure LLC submitted a citizen petition to FDA about benzene in sunscreen and after-sun care products.