Your Outdated U.S. Sunscreen Exposes You to Needless Cancer Risk
- FDA hasn’t approved any new ingredients since the late 1990s
- Congress attempts to break logjam as skin cancer rates rise
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Dermatologist Steven Wang treats skin-cancer patients all day at a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New Jersey, so he knows better than most that U.S. sunscreens aren’t up to the job.
The oily stuff Americans are slathering on before heading to the beach this summer probably won’t give them as much protection as the products sold in other countries. Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada: All have sunscreens that do a better job shielding against cancer-causing skin damage, and feel better on the skin, too.