Why Is Sunscreen ‘Better’ in Europe?

The trouble with skin protection products in the U.S.

Alanna Nuñez
Elemental
Published in
6 min readMay 13, 2019

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AAmericans have plenty of sunscreen options, technically speaking. The aisles of any given pharmacy are typically filled with dozens of brightly colored bottles that claim to offer broad-spectrum protection as well as SPFs upward of 50. But lately, American sunscreen has come under fire with critics arguing that…

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