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Seven sunscreen chemicals enter bloodstream after one use: Report
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'If companies want to keep these ingredients in products, they need to urgently test for potential harm to children and harm from long-term use”. 9News

discovered four popular chemical sunscreen filters often used in commercial products -- avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene, and ecamsule -- were absorbed from the skin into the bloodstream after a single day of use.

All of these chemicals are part of a dozen that the FDA wants manufacturers to research before they can be considered GRASE or "generally regarded as safe and effective".Experts and the FDA stress the sun's link to cancer and aging is real, so don't abandon sun protection.After initial absorption, the concentration of the six chemicals in the blood increased each day of application, and remained above FDA safety levels at day seven, well after application had ended.

"The skin is not a perfect barrier and so absorption of small amounts of chemicals from sunscreens is to be expected," said Rob Chilcott, a professor of toxicology at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.

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