Peak Industry Body for Australian Sunscreen

Homosalate found at potentially harmful levels in more than 50% of Queensland children, as the TGA has already concluded it is no longer low risk at the currently permitted concentration.

In 2022 the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reviewed 17 UV filters and reached one central conclusion: no ecological risk assessment of sunscreen filters has ever been conducted, and regulators should carry one out. The report is a data-gap review, not a verdict on any ingredient. It is nonetheless cited as though it condemned mineral sunscreen. It does not. The report states that documented impacts of zinc oxide on corals are minimal, and that o

A study of 166 pregnant women in Iran detected oxybenzone and related benzophenone UV filters in nearly all urine samples. Researchers reported that these chemicals may cross the placenta and found several associations with newborn measurements. However, the cross-sectional design cannot prove cause and effect. The findings are best understood as an early precautionary signal, not evidence that sunscreen causes harm during pregnancy, and the authors say larger studies are sti

Environmental health scientist Dr Laura Vandenberg says concerns about chemical sunscreen ingredients should not be dismissed. The Australian Sunscreen Council calls for safer, evidence-led sunscreen regulation.