OxybenzoneUpdated a month ago

Oxybenzone (Additional Names: Benzophenone-3)

A UV filter to protect against UVB and short UVA rays. The National Health and Nutrition Survey has found it to be present in 96.8% of human urine samples surveyed. In 2012, benzophenone was added as a carcinogen to the California EPA’s Proposition 65 List of Chemicals Known to the State to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity. The evidence linking benzophenone to endocrine disruption is complex, and studies show that different types of benzophenones may have different hormone-disrupting effects. Because they commonly cause contact allergic dermatitis, benzophenones were declared the Contact Allergen of the Year for 2014 by the American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS).


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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453157/
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65/p65122917_0.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997468/
http://www.safecosmetics.org/get-the-facts/chemicals-of-concern/benzophenone/
https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/allergy-to-benzophenone/
https://www.contactderm.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3467
https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/report/the-trouble-with-sunscreen-chemicals/#.Wr_VpmaZPOR