What's keeping the US from allowing better sunscreens?
Briefly

At issue is not just whether people are using enough sunscreen, but what ingredients are in it. Americans are not likely to get those better sunscreens which block the ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer and lead to wrinkles in time for this summer, or even the next.
Steven Goldberg, a retired vice president of BASF, said companies are wary of the FDA process because of the cost and their fear that additional animal testing could ignite a consumer backlash in the European Union, which bans animal testing of cosmetics, including sunscreen.
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