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EWG on FDA’s request for information on SPF and UV protection values

Attached are EWG’s comments asking the Food and Drug Administration consider moving away from SPF testing in people in favor of in vitro UV protection testing, and for the agency should consider replacing the SPF value with a UV protection value that equally weights the entire UV spectra.

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David Andrews, Ph.D. (EWG)

Carla Burns (EWG)

Emily Spilman (EWG)

November 1, 2021

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