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COOLA Face Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 50

COOLA Face Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 50

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recreational sunscreens

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COOLA

DATA LAST UPDATED

April 17, 2025

Health Concerns

  • LOW
    Cancer
  • HIGH
    Allergies & Immunotoxicity
  • LOW
    Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
  • HIGH
    Use Restrictions

Efficacy Concerns

  • Caution We have flagged this product with 3 concerns
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    Based on EWG's modeling, the UV protection is significantly lower than the SPF value would indicate.

    Sunscreens can break down while still in the bottle. To be safe dispose of products when the mixture clumps or separates.

    This product contains chemical active ingredient(s) that the FDA does not have enough health safety data to classify as safe and effective: AVOBENZONE , HOMOSALATE, OCTISALATE, OCTOCRYLENE. This product should not be used on kids younger than 3 years old.
  • moderate
    UVA/UVB Balance

Ingredient Scores

Ingredients are scored based on their formulation and concentration in this product. Click on an ingredient for more information.

AVOBENZONE active ingredient 1.8%
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Cancer (low), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Contamination concerns (BENZOIC ACID, 4-T-BUTYLBENZOIC ACID, BENZALDEHYDE, P-ANISIC ACID, ACETOPHENONE, and DIBENZOYLMETHANE)
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HOMOSALATE active ingredient 5%
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Contamination concerns (SALICYLIC ACID and TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEXANOL)
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OCTISALATE active ingredient 2%
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Enhanced skin absorption, Use restrictions (moderate), Endocrine disruption (low), Contamination concerns (SALICYLIC ACID)
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OCTOCRYLENE active ingredient 5%
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Persistence and bioaccumulation (low), Ecotoxicology (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Contamination concerns (BENZOPHENONE), Biochemical or cellular level changes (high)
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ALOE BARBADENSIS (ALOE VERA) LEAF JUICE
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Use restrictions (low)
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CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS (SAFFLOWER) OLEOSOMES
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Cancer (low), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Biochemical or cellular level changes (low)
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WATER
Data Availability: Robust
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CONCERNS
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CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS (SAFFLOWER) SEED OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS
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GLYCERIN
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Use restrictions (moderate)
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POLYACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER-6
Data Availability: None
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CONCERNS
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LIMNANTHES ALBA (MEADOWFOAM) SEED OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS
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MAURITIA FLEXUOSA FRUIT OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS
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RUBUS IDAEUS (RASPBERRY) SEED OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS
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SQUALANE
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Endocrine disruption (low)
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BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS (RAPESEED) SEED OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS
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OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA FLOWER EXTRACT
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Biochemical or cellular level changes (low)
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CAMELINA SATIVA (GOLD OF PLEASURE) SEED OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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XANTHAN GUM
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS
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CETEARYL ALCOHOL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
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CETYL PALMITATE
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS
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1,2-HEXANEDIOL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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SORBITAN PALMITATE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS
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METHYL DIHYDROABIETATE
Data Availability: None
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CONCERNS
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DIMETHICONE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Use restrictions (moderate), Persistence and bioaccumulation (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low), Contamination concerns (CYCLOPENTASILOXANE and CYCLOTETRASILOXANE)
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SORBITAN OLEATE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS
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SILICA, AMORPHOUS
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Cancer (moderate), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Use restrictions (low), Persistence and bioaccumulation (high), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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SODIUM PHYTATE
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Cancer (low), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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SODIUM HYDROXIDE
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Use restrictions (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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POLYSILICONE-11
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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BUTYLENE GLYCOL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
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TROPOLONE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (low)
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DECYL GLUCOSIDE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Use restrictions (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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LINALOOL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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GERANIOL
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
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HEXYL CINNAMAL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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LIMONENE
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (high), Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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FRAGRANCE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Endocrine disruption (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (moderate)
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CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS
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LINALYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
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SALVIA SCLAREA (CLARY SAGE) OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
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PHENETHYL ALCOHOL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate), Use restrictions (low)
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BENZYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Endocrine disruption (low)
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CITRUS RETICULATA LEAF OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Use restrictions (high), Persistence and bioaccumulation (moderate), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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LINALOOL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA (BERGAMOT) FRUIT OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Use restrictions (moderate)
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3-HEXENOL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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HEXYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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HEXYL CINNAMAL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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GERANIOL
Data Availability: Good
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high)
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HEXENYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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SANTALUM ALBUM (SANDALWOOD) OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Cancer (low), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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IONONE, ALPHA-
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Endocrine disruption (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (low)
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TERPINYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS
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TERPINEOL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Contamination concerns (FORMALDEHYDE)
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GERANYL ACETATE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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ANIBA ROSAEODORA (ROSEWOOD) OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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ANISALDEHYDE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS
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ROSE KETONE-4
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Use restrictions (high)
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METHYL BENZOATE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate)
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ZINGIBER OFFICINALE (GINGER) ROOT OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (low), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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MENTHA PIPERITA (PEPPERMINT) OIL
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Cancer (low), Developmental/reproductive toxicity (low), Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Use restrictions (low), Neurotoxicity (low), Endocrine disruption (low), Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) (low)
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NEROL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (moderate)
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BENZALDEHYDE
Data Availability: Fair
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Ecotoxicology (low), Occupational hazards (high)
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JASMINUM OFFICINALE (JASMINE) OIL
Data Availability: Limited
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CONCERNS Allergies/immunotoxicity (high), Non-reproductive organ system toxicity (moderate), Multiple, additive exposure sources (low)
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Ingredients from label

Active Ingredients: Avobenzone 1.75%, Homosalate 5.0%, Octisalate 2.0%, Octocrylene 5.0%, Inactive Ingredients: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice(ORGANIC), Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Oleosomes, Water, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil(ORGANIC), Glycerin(ORGANIC), Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Limnanthes Alba (Meadowfoam) Seed Oil, Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil, Squalane, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed) Seed Oil, Opuntia Ficus-Indica Flower Extract, Camelina Sativa Seed Oil, Xanthan Gum(ORGANIC), Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Palmitate, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Sorbitan Palmitate, Methyl Dihydroabietate, Dimethicone, Sorbitan Oleate, Silica, Sodium Phytate, Sodium Hydroxide, Polysilicone-11, Butylene Glycol, Tropolone, Decyl Glucoside, Linalool, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Fragrance* (Natural), Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Linalyl Acetate, Salvia Sclarea Oil, Phenethyl Alcohol, Benzyl Acetate, Citrus Reticulata Leaf Oil, Linalool, Citrus Bergamia Peel Oil, 3-Hexenol, Hexyl Acetate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Geraniol, Hexenyl Acetate, Santalum Album Oil, Alpha-Ionone, A-Terpinyl Acetate, Alpha-Terpineol, Geranyl Acetate, Aniba Rosaeodora Wood Oil, Anisaldehyde, Rose Ketone-4, Methyl Benzoate, Zingiber Officinale Root Oil, Mentha Piperita Oil, Nerol, Benzaldehyde, Jasminum Officinale Oil

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Understanding scores

Not all sunscreen products are the same when it comes to sun protection and ingredient health hazards. The scoring system for EWG’s Guide to Sunscreens is designed to help the public find products that are safer, avoid ingredients of concern, and are more effective in reducing potential health harms from ultraviolet A and B exposure.

Every product in the guide gets a hazard and efficacy rating. The top scoring products have both a low hazard rating and an excellent UVA/UVB balance rating.

HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. Beyond this 1 to 10 ranking, the EWG Verified® mark on a sunscreen means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

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WEIGHT-OF-EVIDENCE APPROACH

A product’s hazard score is not an average of the ingredients’ hazard scores. It is calculated using a weight-of-evidence approach that factors in all of the hazards or health impacts associated with the ingredients.

EWG Verified Process

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EWG VERIFIED

Beyond the hazard score, the EWG Verified® mark on a sunscreen indicates that a sunscreen company’s ingredient disclosures show the product has met our full criteria to ensure it adheres to our strictest standards for efficacy, ingredient safety and transparency.

A SUNSCREEN CAN BECOME EWG Verified IF IT:
  • Meets EWG's criteria for overall product hazard score
  • Is formulated to provide balanced UVA/ UVB protection
  • Does not contain any ingredients on EWG's "Unacceptable" list
  • Discloses all ingredients, including those in fragrance.

Learn more about EWG Verified.


TIPS

Sunscreen alone
is not enough

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Wear clothes

Shirts, hats, shorts and pants shield your skin from the sun’s UV rays, reducing burn risk.

Plan around the sun

Go outdoors in early morning or late afternoon when the sun is lower in the sky.

Find shade - or make it

Picnic under a tree or take a canopy to the beach. Keep infants in the shade, reducing the risk of multiple burns by 30%.


Don’t get burned

Red, sore, blistered skin means you’ve gotten far too much sun.

Sunglasses are essential

Not just a fashion accessory, sunglasses protect your eyes from UV radiation.

Check UV index

The UV Index provides important information to help you plan your outdoor activities in ways that prevent sun overexposure.







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