How To Identify UV Protected Sunglasses: Why Cost Doesn’t Equal Strong Defense

UV protection or UV400 labels block both UVA and UVB rays completely. Price vs Protection: Higher cost does not guarantee ...
JD Supra

NASEM Recommends That EPA Conduct Ecological Risk Assessment of UV Filters Found in Sunscreen, Including Titanium Oxide and Zinc Oxide

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released on August 9, 2022, a report entitled Review of Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Sunscreens in Aquatic Environments and ...
C&EN

What’s in sunscreen, and how does it protect your skin from the sun’s rays?

Everybody needs sunscreen, including people with dark skin. And we need a lot. For the average-sized adult or child, the US Food and Drug Administration recommends using at least a shot glass–sized ...
Science Daily

New study measures UV-filter chemicals in seawater and corals from Hawaii

Scientists have completed the first comprehensive assessment of UV-filters in surface seawater, sediment, and coral tissue from multiple coral reefs around the island of Oahu, Hawaii. UV-filters are ...
New Atlas

Nanofiber filter lets through air and light, but blocks particles and UV rays

When a smog alert is declared, citizens are often told to stay indoors, but that dirty air is still going to get in. However, people in affected cities could soon breath easier thanks to a new ...
Women's Health

UV Protection for Hair: Sun Defence Is Not Just for Your Skin

We all know the importance of using SPF to protect our skin. But, turns out there's something else we're neglecting, when it comes to warding off the heat from that blazing fireball in the sky. Yep, ...
Business Wire

Freestyle Partners Receives Two European Patents for Use of Filtered Far UV-C Light in Handheld Devices

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freestyle Partners, LLC, announced today that it has received a Notice of Intent to Grant for two additional patents from the European Patent Office (EPO) covering portable, ...