{"id":78873,"date":"2013-05-30T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=78873"},"modified":"2014-01-15T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T19:35:46","slug":"understanding-sunscreen-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/05\/understanding-sunscreen-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Sunscreen Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Philip Kerr, a Health Center dermatologist applauds Senator Richard Blumenthal’s effort to urge consumers to make smart decisions about sunscreen use. (Janine Gelineau\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the summer season kicks into gear, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Health Center experts today to urge consumers to make smart decisions about sunscreen use. Effective this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is phasing in new requirements about sunscreen labeling requirements, and Blumenthal is leading efforts to ask the FDA to take additional measures to protect consumers.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsumers rely on labels to make critical decisions about how they protect themselves and their families, and this information must be accurate,\u201d Blumenthal said.
\nDr. Philip Kerr<\/a>, a Health Center dermatologist, applauded Blumenthal for his leadership on this issue and noted that the FDA changes will eliminate misleading terms such as \u201csunblock\u201d and \u201cwaterproof\u201d on sunscreen labels. No product is 100 percent waterproof or can truly \u201cblock\u201d the sun, he said.<\/p>\n

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