Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezthinks we all deserve bettersunscreen.
“US sunscreens are far behind the rest of the world,” said Ocasio-Cortez.
The United States, namely theFDA,regulates sunscreen as a drug, not a cosmetic product.
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But this also adds a ton of regulations to the process, not to mention time and money.
According to both Ocasio-Cortez and Palermino, the US sunscreen filter hasn’t been updated since 1999.
Think of how much beauty has changed since then!
Ocasio-Cortez also cited a2017 studythat found only half of US sunscreens measured up to European protection standards.
This is something we’ve been talking about atAllurefor alongtime.
Did you catch our cameo in the video?
At one point, a headline from a2017 story by Sable Yongabout Korean sunscreen technology pops up.
“They just have access to more sunscreen ingredients to work with.”
Because of tighter regulations in the US, it can be difficult to get new ingredients approved.
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Find your Congresspersonhereand tell them it’s high time the United States caught up on the sunscreen game.
