As sunscreen ingredient is banned in Thailand, Palau and Hawaii
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Oxybenzone or benzophenone-3 or BP-3 (trade names Milestab 9, Eusolex 4360, Escalol 567, KAHSCREEN BZ-3) is an organic compound belonging to the class of aromatic ketones known as benzophenones. It is a pale-yellow solid that is readily soluble in most organic solvents. It is widely used in sunscreen formulations, plastics, toys, furniture finishes, and other products to limit UV degradation.[4] In nature, oxybenzone can be found in various flowering plants.[5] The compound was first synthesised in Germany by chemists König and Kostanecki in 1906.
The use of oxybenzone as sunscreen ingredient is currently under scrutiny by the scientific community due to controversies about its environmental impact and safety profile (see section below).[6] As a result, sunscreens containing oxybenzone have been banned from sale in Hawaii,[7] Palau,[8] and Thailand.[9]
^Merck Index, 11th Edition, 6907
^ ab131-57-7 at commonchemistry.org
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^"Benzophenone-3 (BP-3) Factsheet | National Biomonitoring Program | CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
^"Oxybenzone Offers Sun Protection—At a Cost". Byrdie.
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^"Palau is first country to ban 'reef toxic' sun cream". January 1, 2020 – via www.bbc.com.
^"Thailand bans coral-damaging sunscreens in marine parks". August 4, 2021 – via www.bbc.com.
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of single-use plastic products and Oxybenzone-containing products. Scientific studies have shown that Oxybenzone negatively impacts corals and marine...
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made unfair "sweeping generalizations" about newer chemicals (such as oxybenzone) in its report and that its recommended products were based only on "very...
(February 2016). "Toxicopathological Effects of the Sunscreen UV Filter, Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3), on Coral Planulae and Cultured Primary Cells and Its...
1039/b516702g. PMID 16520862. S2CID 37910033. "Why Evaluate the Sunscreen Active Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3) for Carcinogenicity and Reproductive Toxicology or Consider...
statewide ban on sunscreens that contained the controversial chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate. The bill also included a ban on the pesticide chlorpyrifos...
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harmful to coral reefs than sunscreens that include chemicals such as oxybenzone, octocrylene and octinoxate. Nanosized titanium dioxide is found in the...
(February 2016). "Toxicopathological Effects of the Sunscreen UV Filter, Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3), on Coral Planulae and Cultured Primary Cells and Its...
(February 2016). "Toxicopathological Effects of the Sunscreen UV Filter, Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3), on Coral Planulae and Cultured Primary Cells and Its...
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