Scape Sunblock-anyone use it or know about it??

[schnitzle]

CC, have you seen this product?

http://www.rei.com/product/802095?pr...:referralID=NA

I'm not advocating it because it's "organic" but because it's sunscreening ingredient is zinc oxide. I've read that zinc oxide is the only sunscreen (it's a barrier type sunscreen) approved for children under 6 mos.

[crazycanuck]

Schnitzle..I swear i've seen that sunscreen down here but will have to look again. Perhaps it's from oogling at things on the REI site

I did a search & found this..http://nano.foe.org.au/safesunscreens

I've no idea whether just to follow what the Australian TGA (theraputic goods administration) says or to wander even more sites & never come up with a concrete answer....

[OakLeaf]

This is I suppose an equivalent US site from the EWG.

They don't have Scape listed, but you can go to their main site and search on each ingredient to find safety information.

Parabens are AFAIK always used as preservatives in cosmetics - I'm not aware of any other reason why they're used. Methylparaben is more dangerous than propylparaben, and avobenzone is more dangerous than oxybenzone, but since Scape uses all four ...

[crazycanuck]

Thanks Oak, I appreciate it. If I see the word " paraben(s)" on ingredients, i tend to put the item right back on the shelf.