Manufacturers given another six months to comply with rules five years in the making.
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Saturday, May 12
U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, has blasted the latest delay by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in implementing a requirement for sunscreen manufacturers to disclose the protection products offer not just from sunburn-causing UVB rays, but also from skin cancer-causing UVA rays. “Nearly five years after the FDA issued draft regulations to protect consumers and their children from skin cancer, it is an embarrassment that the regulations are still not finalized," Lowey said. "I am appalled to learn that yet another summer will go by without consumers having adequate information to protect themselves and their family. In August 2007, in response to legislation drafted by Lowey, the FDA issued draft regulations to require sunscreen …
Make sure you block the rays with the right protection on those hot summer days.
Vampires may have a reputation for coveting the darkness, but, for those who covet fun in the sun, it's the season to take a bite out of life. When summer arrives and temperatures begin to rise, we head outdoors and usually…into the sun. On a recent afternoon, a group of sun lovers dotted Manor Park. Children played in the water, built sand castles, and bargained for ice cream. Eva Murtagh was decked out in goggles, a bathing suit, and, on her face she wore a dose of zinc oxide applied by her mother Rose, who explained that she chooses zinc oxide for her children's faces "because of the absence of so many chemicals." For the rest of their bodies, she opts for Mercola's Natural Sunscreen. With three beach-loving children, Murtagh has …
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James O.
3:27 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
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