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New U.S. UV Filters and the Cosmetic Outlook in Canada for Sunscreens
Skin cancer is the most common cancer today, but only recently has industry pressure and political leadership compelled changes in the North American regulatory paradigm of sunscreen products. The passage of the Sunscreen Innovation Act in the United States and the suggestion to regulate sunscreens as cosmetics in Canada would give regulators the tools to reboot a stalled approval system.
Mar 27th, 2015
Article Download: A Laboratory Method for Measuring the Water Resistance of Sunscreens
Jan 29th, 2025
(Depiction only) The new method uses the spectroradiometric measurement of residual UV from a single pre-irradiation dose through a thin layer of sunscreen applied to a multi-layer substrate.
7 Years in the Making: CE Recommends In vitro SPF Double Plate Test Method
"... No in vitro method had [previously] advanced to the stage that CE could recommend it. So those who did not want to use an in vivo method could use any ... unvalidated method; this should no longer be the case."
Apr 12th, 2022
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Are Your Sunscreens Infra-ready? New In vitro Method Puts Data Behind the Claims
Considering more and more sun care products are claiming infrared (IR) protection, it is important to standardize the parameters by which they are evaluated. Since IR-A and IR-B are the most implicated in skin damage, a test method was developed based on these wavelengths, as described here.
Sep 29th, 2017
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