Comments on David's review of Green Tea SPF 30 plus Sunscreen
Green Tea SPF 30 plus Sunscreen
Description: Sunscreen, with certified organic aloe vera.
Gentle on animals - not so gentle on you!
Honestly, I've never even used this product, but I'm glad after reading this: http://tinyurl.com/2lca4p
The Environmental Working Group conducted a study of sunblocks measuring their effectiveness and toxicity, and this sunblock didn't fare so well: it's effective and not tested on animals, but it contains high levels of neurotoxins and immunotoxins. But for the animal testing - you're even better off using some Coppertone products!
Here's the list of the best ones: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/browse.php?sunscreens=1&best=1
David's keywords: sunblock sunscreen neurotoxins reproductive toxicity developmental toxicity allergies
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Charles L. says:
This is a lousy prejudiced review. It never names the Toxins and is quick to reccommend other products
Nzinga K. says:
Good review, David K. I often forget to check the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep tool. (For folks wanting more info, the page he links to provides quite a bit of detail - it names the problematic ingredients contained in the product, and those ingredients, in turn, link to pages detailing why one might want to avoid products containing them.)
Charles L. says:
Links need to be clickable not where I have to type the whole thing out also if he named just one toxin Ie. sodium Lauryl sulfite etc I would have known immediately.Theres not enough time in the day... Clickable links please
David K. says:
"lousy prejudiced review" is a bit strong Charles. So I didn't list the exact names of the toxins - I'm no chemist and the links are there as an invitation to make your own investigation. As for "clickable links," not really within my control - talk to SustainLane about that. One could use equally harsh language to describe your unwillingness to cut and paste.
Cara S. says:
Sunscreens that test well on the EWG rating scale are hard to come by. In the interest of full disclosure, I work for www.shopOrganic.com. We check all of our skin care products against the Skin Deep database before we decide to carry them. Right now the only sunscreen on our site is Badger - the SPF 30 has a 0 score and the SPF 15 has a 2 - these are just about the cleanest sunscreens you can get. (http://www.shoporganic.com/prod_detail_list/personal_sun_insect_protection)