The CA Safe Cosmetics Program authored the July 2021 issue of the Occupational Health Watch covering safer sun protection and sunscreen products. Sunscreen products on the market have various active ingredients with different levels of effectiveness and may contain potentially harmful chemicals. You can choose sunscreens known to be safe and effective.

Our issue also calls attention to the recent voluntary Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. recall of several of its Neutrogena and Aveeno brand aerosol sunscreen products that are contaminated with benzene, a known human carcinogen.