Let's talk Sunblock!

[emily_in_nc]

A good article on nano-particles in sunscreen including detailed information on the EWG's findings:

http://askanesthetician.wordpress.co...and-sunscreen/

This is why I wanted to find a barrier (zinc/titanium dioxide) sunscreen:

"Sunscreens without zinc or titanium contain an average of 4 times as many high hazard ingredients known or strongly suspected to cause cancer or birth defects, to disrupt human reproduction or damage the growing brain of a child. They also contain more toxins on average in every major category of health harm considered: cancer (10% more), birth defects and reproductive harm (40% more), neurotoxins (20% more), endocrine system disruptors (70% more), and chemicals that can damage the immune system (70% more) (EWG 2007)."

[Blueberry]

So the Neutrogena for Sensitive Skin is a bust

The only good thing I can say is I didn't burn ( not I'm not sure that I would have anyway). It is very white - and gets whiter as you wear it. And it runs - so you have thick white "lines" everywhere (for me within about 20 minutes). I also got "bubbles" of sweat under the sunscreen (odd and gross, I know). Seriously, though - until I touched them, the sweat couldn't evaporate, and I was overheating.

Not recommended here.

[Geonz]

Yesterday I tried one of zinc oxide ones... the backs ofmy calves are all kinds of red splotches... seems there's a sunburned patch that I reckon is probably where I missed with the sunscreen.
Got the same blotches on my thighs, where I was wearing spandex capris. (Looks like those same capillaries that keep me warm in winter by increasing blood flow to right under the skin exploded - but it's bright red, not bruisy, so that's probably not right, either.)
I'm going to go back to the coppertone for now. (And yes, I'm fair-skinned... Celtic and Norse and German...)