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Researchers Send Letter to FDA about Octocrylene in Sunscreen

Asking agency to consider pulling products from shelves.

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By: Christine Esposito

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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, researcher...

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