EWG has submitted detailed comments to the Food and Drug Administration about the agency can improve sunscreen safety and effectiveness. We also submitted comments jointly with Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Public Citizen, Consumer Federation of America, Environmental Defense Fund and Healthy Babies Bright Futures. In addition to these two comment letters, we also provided the agency with a list of 31,621 petition signers supporting #SunscreensMadeSafer!
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