Environmental Impact of Currently Marketed Sunscreens and Potential Human Impacts of Changes in Sunscreen Usage

Regular use of sunscreens has been shown to reduce the risk of sunburn and skin cancer, and slow photoaging of skin, but at what cost to the environment? How can society balance benefits to humans against potential risks to the environment?

SSEBE Regent’s Professor Paul Westerhoff has been working alongside a number of members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine to find the answer to that question. Read the report: https://bit.ly/3SR2rVt

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