U.S. Government Proposes Four-Star Safety Sunscreen Ratings

Environment News Service, August, 2007 by staff

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a new four-star rating system for over-the-counter sunscreen drug products with ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) protection.

The proposed regulations would for the first time put a permanent safety standard in place for UVA protection.

One star would represent low UVA protection, two stars would represent medium protection, three stars would represent high protection, and four stars would represent the highest UVA protection available in an over-the-counter sunscreen product

If a sunscreen product does not provide at least a low level - one star - of protection, FDA is proposing to require that the product bear a "no UVA protection" marking on the front label...

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