EWG testimony to the Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on sunscreen safety

With the days getting warmer, many are tanning or being outside more. Time in the sun is fun, as long as you protect yourself – and that usually means wearing sunscreen.

But some recent TikTok trends...

For the first time in over 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing to approve a new sunscreen ultraviolet, or UV, filter for the U.S. market: bemotrizinol, or BEMT. 

It’s a UV filter...

Tanning beds can increase the risk of skin cancer, and the Food and Drug Administration has long warned that children and teens should never use them. Yet the agency has quietly killed a rule that...

More than nine in 10 hair extensions sold in the U.S. contain chemicals linked to serious health harms, including cancer and hormone disruption, a new peer-reviewed study finds.

The study raises...