Main Points (Y/N) | Y |
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Informs about benefits of sunscreen - Reduce skin cancer - Prevent sunburn - Decrease skin aging | 44% 40% 28% |
Issues Identified (Y/N) | Y |
Informs about sunscreen products entering bloodstream at higher than recommended amounts by FDA - Identifies questionable ingredients that enter the bloodstream recognized by the FDA - Informs about ingredients generally recognized as safe: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide | 20% 12% 24% |
Informs about increased DEET absorption with combined insect repellant-sunscreen use | 8% |
Cautions on sunscreen use below six months of age | 56% |
Addresses vitamin D deficiency with sunscreen use | 4% |
Identifies concern for sunscreen particle inhalation with spray | 22% |
Informs about potential hormone disruption in chemical sunscreens | 22% |
Website Stance | |
Stance on sunscreen use: - Strongly recommends, neutral (informs only), recommends against Purpose: inform reader or sell product | 50%; 46%; 4% Inform: 74%; Sell: 26% |
FDA = Food and Drug Administration; DEET = N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide