Spotlight on CDER Science: New FDA Study Shines Light on Sunscreen Absorption | FDA

Spotlight on CDER Science: New FDA Study Shines Light on Sunscreen Absorption | FDA



New Spotlight on CDER Science: New FDA Study Shines Light on Sunscreen Absorption

In a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), CDER scientists conducted a pilot study and learned that four active ingredients commonly found in sunscreen (avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene, and ecamsule) were absorbed through the skin into the body. These results do not mean that the ingredients are unsafe. Rather the results support the need for further absorption testing and other safety studies of these ingredients for repeated use.

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