An environmental health group is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate the ingredients that manufacturers use in sunscreens to boost sun protection factor (SPF) values.
The Environmental Working Group in a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf on Thursday said it's concerned that the ingredients being used only keep the skin from reddening — a warning sign of a sunburn — without truly offering enhanced protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
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