Advancing Research on Understanding Environmental Effects of UV Filters from Sunscreens: Proceedings of a Workshop

by and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Health and Medicine Division

Sunscreens and a variety of other products contain chemical ultraviolet (UV) filters that absorb or block the sun's radiation and thereby help mitigate harms to human skin from the sun. The 2022 NASEM report Review of Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Sunscreens in Aquatic Environments and Implications for Sunscreen Usage and Human Health called on the EPA to conduct an ecological risk assessment of UV filters to characterize the possible risks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309695856
• ISBN13: 9780309695855
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"