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Sunscreen must-knows | Michelle Wong, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Is Mineral Sunscreen Better Than Chemical Sunscreen?

Simon: I've seen claims on all sides. Some people say mineral sunscreens are better for the environment than chemical sunscreens with benzene and then other saying that, well, actually mineralSunscreen can be just as bad, if not worse,. So is this something that you've looked at? It sounds like it is. How do we kind of reconcile that so that if we want to consider the environment in our purchase when we're buying sunscreen, which way should we be going? He says there's no blanket statement. Lots of them have different impacts in different parts of the environment. "So far it looks like these measurements are massive outliers"

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