Sunscreen Chemicals Enter Bloodstream Within 24 Hours, Study Finds

Sunscreen Chemicals Enter Bloodstream Within 24 Hours, Study Finds
Five kinds of SPF 50 aerosol Coppertone sunscreens (not pictured here) have been recalled for containing a cancer-causing chemical. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
By Isabel van Brugen, Reporter
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It takes just one day for a number of common ingredients found in sunscreen to enter a person’s bloodstream, according to research from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on May 6, examined how several chemicals found in four commercially available sunscreens were absorbed into the bloodstream of 24 healthy participants.
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
Reporter
Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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