The EU's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety released new limits for sunscreen ingredients, but US sunscreens don't follow these and are considered "not safe". Should you be switching to "safe" sunscreens? Let's talk toxicology!

Thanks to ‪@Moskinlab‬ , F Anthony Simion PhD, ERT (University of Cincinnati) and Jay Gooch PhD for assisting with this video! All mistakes remain my own.

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0:00 Background
1:52 How the EU treats sunscreens
2:56 What are SCCS safety assessments?
4:28 “Not safe” doesn’t mean not safe
7:20 Hazard vs risk, lions and rabbits
8:14 Exposure (no, not that kind)
10:40 Hazard, or how scientists get up close and personal with rats
14:13 Margin of safety, and what “not safe” really means
18:31 Sunscreen ingredients worse than oxybenzone?
19:39 What should you do?

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