FDA Approves New Sunscreen Ingredient (Bemotrizinol) Used in EU/Asia for Years

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mhitza•about 2 hours ago

Coincidentally (?) also discussed today

"European sunscreens are safer than American (2024)" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503940

stfu1989•about 2 hours ago

people like to go on research rabbit holes

Bender•about 2 hours ago

I always use children's sunscreen. Seems to have simpler and better understood ingredients.

CGMthrowaway•about 1 hour ago

This...non-nano zinc oxide is all you need. Ancient technology and still the safest & most effective.

Bemotrizinol is itself a very large molecule with near-zero skin absorption (like ZnO), so if you are thinking you will use this to avoid the "it doesn't rub in" aspect of mineral sunscreen, you are going to be disappointed.