Oxybenzone (sunscreen)
Personal care
Clean-label verdictNeutral
A named synthetic UV filter.
Named on the pack, but refined or made in a lab.
Good to know
It is absorbed into the blood at measurable levels (JAMA 2020); the EU caps it at 2.2%.
Also listed as: benzophenone-3
In our catalog
None of the products we list right now has this on its ingredient list.
Sources
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