Why Love Sun Body

There are hundreds of sunscreens on the market today, while marketed as safe and effective:

• Many sunscreens provide inadequate UVA & UVB protection.
• Chemical sunscreens are hazardous for humans, the environment, marine life and coral reefs.
• Many sunscreens contain hazardous ingredients including petroleum-based ingredients.

Many sunscreens lack sufficient broad spectrum protection

UVA rays are responsible for skin damage and can lead to skin cancer. Broad spectrum sunscreens protect against both UVA and UVB rays. In the nations regulated by the European Commission, manufacturers voluntarily comply with a recommendation that broad spectrum protection by the ratio of UVA to UVB protection, requiring one third of the SPF number to be UVA protection.

The trouble with chemical sunscreens

Chemical sunscreens were developed for their ease of use and inexpensive ingredients. Chemical sunscreens work by absorbing UV radiation. This means UVA rays, the type responsible for more serious damage, reach deeper layers of skin. Also, most chemical UV filters protect from UVA or UVB rays and not both, so chemical sunscreens have a mix of several chemical filters.

These chemicals in sunscreen don't just sit on top of the skin, they absorb in the bloodstream. Many of these sunscreens are ineffective and studies have shown in addition to hormone disruption, skin penetration, skin allergies, cell damage and other concerns.

According to studies by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, an arm of the US Food and Drug Administration after a single application, a total of seven chemicals commonly found in sunscreens can be absorbed into the bloodstream at levels that exceed safety thresholds.

Two ingredients PABA and trolamine salicylate are not GRASE (Generally Regarded As Safe and Effective) for use in sunscreens due to safety issues and there are twelve ingredients for which there are insufficient safety data to make a positive GRASE determination at this time. The ingredients requiring additional investigation are cinoxate, dioxybenzone, ensulizole, homosalate, meradimate, octinoxate, octisalate, octocrylene, padimate O, sulisobenzone, oxybenzone, and avobenzone.

Chemical sunscreens are damaging our coral reefs

The National Park Service says that 4,000 to 6,000 tons of sunscreen enter reef areas each year, and studies have found that the chemicals they contain can damage coral reefs, contributing to “bleaching” and death. The chemicals get into seawater through wastewater and from swimmers wearing chemical sunscreen.

Mineral sunscreens are recognized as safe and effective

The FDA has stated only two active ingredients –  zinc oxide and titanium dioxide – can be marketed without approved new drug applications because they are recognized as safe and effective, do not penetrate and are not absorbed through the skin.

The issues with nano zinc oxide and nano titanium dioxide

When zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are manufactured as a UV filters, they are made as either small particles, named “nano” or larger particles, named “non-nano”. A nanoparticle is a particle smaller than 100 nanometers (nm), or 100 billionths of a meter. Many sunscreen manufactures use nano zinc oxide and/or nano titanium dioxide because they are clear, making it less whitening when the sunscreen is applied. The nano mineral filters are not as effective as the non-nano mineral filters because many of the UV rays pass through the smaller nano sized particles. There are studies showing that very small nanoparticles (smaller than 35nm) of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide can be harmful to the environment by being toxic to marine life.

Non-nano zinc oxide and non-nano titanium dioxide minerals filters are safe, effective and environmentally friendly

Love Sun Body only uses non-nano zinc oxide and non-nano titanium dioxide. The range for "non-nano" is 100 nanometers (nm) or greater. The larger size non-nano zinc oxide and non-nano titanium dioxide are opaque and absorbs, scatters and reflects UV rays and converts the energy to infrared heat, which radiates safely away from the skin surface. Extensive research has concluded that non-nano zinc oxide and non-nano titanium dioxide are the safest ingredients for protecting your skin from UVA + UVB rays and blue light and the only truly reef safe sunscreen UV filters.

Inactive sunscreen chemicals that pose health hazards

Inactive ingredients typically make up 50 to 70 percent of a sunscreen. Dimethicones and silicones are petrochemical based functional ingredients that can be found on the label of almost every single mainstream personal care product. There are even silicone derivatives where they attach the dimethicone to a "natural" ingredient such as beeswax or plant oils. Dimethicones and silicones trap debris in your pores. Like plastic wrap, silicones form a barrier on top of your skin. That barrier can lock in moisture, yes, but it can also trap dirt, sweat, bacteria, sebum, dead skin cells and other debris along with it. Apart from the fact that there are petrochemicals involved in manufacturing dimethicones, even if they are attached to plant oils, they are bioaccumulative and build-up in the environment.

The safest, most advanced natural sunscreens

“At Love Sun Body, we developed revolutionary sunscreens, Love Sun Body 100% Natural Origin Mineral Sunscreens. Love Sun Body sunscreens are the first and only sunscreens in the United States that have been certified by Ecocert Cosmos Natural, meeting and exceeding the FDA OTC Monograph System, the European Commission’s recommendation on UVA protection and Health Canada Natural Health Products Regulations. All Love Sun Body formulas are biodegradable and our packaging is recyclable”.  -  Dr. Terry Zickerman, Founder & CEO, Love Sun Body

Love Sun Body face, body and tinted mineral sunscreens are made with 100% natural origin sustainable minerals and plant-based ingredients. Our SPF 30 formulas contain over 20% non-nano zinc oxide and our SPF 50 formulas contain over 20% non-nano zinc oxide and over 7% non-nano titanium dioxide.

Love Sun Body formulas are reef safe and have been given the best score for safety and efficacy by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

Love Sun Body’s range of 100% natural origin sunscreens; Sheer Power Daily Moisturizing Mineral Face Sunscreen, Sheer Perfection Mineral Body Sunscreen and Glow Natural Daily Tinted Mineral Face Sunscreen & Moisturizer have joined the EWG VERIFIED® program.

The EWG VERIFIED® program lets consumers know that Love Sun Body formulas meet EWG's strictest standards for your health, with none of EWG's chemicals of concern and full transparency that you can trust.

When a product is EWG VERIFIED®, it means it meets EWG’s strict, scientific standards for transparency and health. Their team of toxicologists, chemists and epidemiologists scrutinizes every product, empowering you to purchase safer products.

The highest standards