(image from U.S. Food and Drug Association)
I am sure many of you who are skincare-savvy know the importance of UVA protection. UVA rays cause premature aging of the skin, and sunscreen products as well as daytime moisturizers that have adequate anti-UVA ingredients can help prevent it.
I am surprised that FDA is only doing this now. Most Japanese brands have been specifying the strength of UVA protection of sunscreen products for quite some time, using the scale from PA+ to PA++++. Also, several European brands like Boots No. 7 and Garnier have been labeling the level of their sunscreen products for a number of years.
But better late than never. After all, adequate labeling on all sun-protection products is by far the best way to make people more aware of the importance and necessity of using adequate sun protection. I hope the new labeling system will be put into practice as soon as possible.
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FDA Aims to Upgrade Sunscreen Labeling
(from U.S. Food and Drug Assiciation)
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That’s incredibly good news. I hope that this will encourage EU to adopt similar regulations!
It would, of course, be even better if the companies had to state the active ingredients and their specific concentrations on the labels.
Hi Ink,
Thank you very much for reading my blog!
I am definitely with you on both points. Some European companies use star(s) to indicate the strength of UVA protection of a sunscreen product (from one star to four). But, like specifying the active sunscreen ingredients and the percentage of them in a product, I don’t think it is legally required in most countries. I certainly hope more regulations will be set up regarding these. Have things labeled clearly is certainly one way to make the public aware of the importance of proper sun protection.
Your blog is taking shape nicely. Keep up the great work!
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