Sunscreen concerns heating up

Natural Foods Merchandiser, July, 2008 by Uhland, Vicky

Sun worshippers' yearning to stop the burning is so strong that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had to extend its comment period on its proposed new sunscreen rule. By the time the hot debate ended late last year, more than 20,000 consumers, manufacturers, retailers, activists and others had voiced their opinions, according to FDA spokeswoman Rita Chappelle.

The FDA is still sorting through the comments and has no timetable for announcement of the final rule, Chappelle says. That may be because what started as a simple addition to the FDA's last sunscreen rule, which was enacted in 1999, has become a controversy as sizzling as a Phoenix sidewalk in July. Initially, the FDA had called for a new regulation that would set standards for formulating, testing and labeling the...

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