UPDATE: Environmental Working Group has released their 2010 Sunscreen Guide.
With Spring upon us, it's a great time to check out the sunscreen that is hanging around your house. Environmental Working Group has once again proved to be a great resource when it comes to purchasing sunscreen. You can check out their full report: Environmental Working Group's 2009 Shopper's Guide to Sunscreen.
Best Easy to Find Sunscreens
California Baby - any sunscreen
Mustela - “Sun Cream” or “Sun Lotion, Bebe”
Mission Skincare - “Face Stick”
Neutrogena - “Pure & Free” or “Sensitive Skin”
Symhomemom Comment: The Neutrogena Pure & Free Baby sunscreen is now listed as 7 - AVOID. As you see in the picture below this is one of the Sunscreens that I purchased. Fortunately I have not opened one of them yet so I will be returning it. I am disappointed in EWG's inconsistency between 2009-2010 and what appears to be incomplete reviews of a lot of sunscreens in the 2010 guide.
Blue Lizard - “Face”, “Baby”, or “Sensitive”
Jason Natural or Earth’s Best - “Mineral Based”
Solar Sense - “Clear Zinc Sport Stick”
CVS - “Sport Sunstick”
Coppertone Water BABIES - “Pure & Simple”
Reading the Labels
BUY
SPF 30 or higher for best protection.
At least 7% zinc oxide or titanium dioxide for broad spectrum protection.
AVOID
Oxybenzone or benzophenone-3: skin absorption, allergies, hormone problems
Spray and powder sunscreens: inhaling sunscreens can pose extra risks
Fragrance: allergies, reproductive problems
Sunscreen with added bug repellent: you can get too much of the pesticide in your body
Here is what we purchased:
Photo Credit: About.com and Amy Lloyd
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