Sunscreen chemicals absorbed into skin at rates that require further safety tests

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US drug safety body finds six common sunscreen ingredients enter bloodstream rapidly 

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that six common sunscreen chemicals – avobenzone, oxybenzone, octocrylene, homosalate, octisalate, and octinoxate – are absorbed into the bloodstream at potentially unsafe levels after only one application.