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(EWG may receive a commission on purchases made through an Amazon link.)Ingredients from label Active ingredients: Titanium Dioxide 4.069%, Zinc Oxide 7%, Inactive Ingredients: Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Squalane, Polyglyceryl-3 Sorbityl Linseedate, Cetyl Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Glycerin, Styrene/ Acrylates Copolymer, Thermus Thermophilus Ferment, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Sodium Chloride, Hydroxyacetophenone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Saccharide Isomerate, Caramel, Pentylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Bisabolol, Benzylidene Dimethoxydimethylindanone, Citrus Aurantium Amara (Bitter Orange) Flower Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract
Concerns: Cancer (moderate), Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Enhanced skin absorption, Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Occupational hazards (high), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)
Concerns: Cancer (low), Enhanced skin absorption, Persistence and bioaccumulation (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Occupational hazards (moderate), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)
Concerns: Cancer (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Contamination concerns (meets restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data)
Concerns: Endocrine disruption (low)
Concerns: Use restrictions (meets restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low)
Concerns: Use restrictions (meets restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data)
Concerns: Use restrictions (meets restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data), Contamination concerns (meets restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data)
Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
Concerns: Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (meets restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data)
Concerns: Use restrictions (meets restrictions and warnings based on EWG review of company data)
Concerns: Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
UVA/UVB Balance
EWG's estimate of the UV protection provided by this product. An ideal sunscreen filters UVA and UVB rays evenly, but some sunscreens let too many UVA rays through.
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