Covering up is no fun in the summer sun, but it’s a must-do: skin cancer affects more than 2 million people in the U.S. each …
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FDA: New Sunscreen Guidelines Delayed Six Months
Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed says “more consumers will likely get burned this summer” due to the FDA’s delay in implementing stricter sunscreen-labeling guidelines
FDA Announces Stricter Rules for Sunscreen Labeling
Labeling on sunscreen bottles is about to get a whole lot less confusing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday stricter new rules for sunscreen manufacturers’ claims of sun protection, including new …
Can Cheap Sunglasses Be Bad for Your Eyes?
As people eagerly head out into the sun to soak up the last weeks of summer, inevitably some will end up picking up a cheap pair of sunglasses — because you left your good ones at home, or in the back of an airplane seat or in a cab, or just because those ones the street vendor is hawking are so cute. Yet, according to …