Comments on: Is your child’s sunscreen doing more harm than good? http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/ Just another mama musing about her kids, Attachment Parenting, green living, activism, living with an anxiety disorder, and life in general Wed, 23 May 2012 15:01:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Crunchy Domestic Goddess » Common ingredient in sunscreen the “asbestos of the future?” http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/comment-page-1/#comment-26056 Crunchy Domestic Goddess » Common ingredient in sunscreen the “asbestos of the future?” Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:59:40 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/#comment-26056 [...] first time an ingredient in sunscreen has been called into question. I wrote about the chemical oxybenzone nearly three years ago. Oxybenzone — one of the commonly used ingredients in most sunscreens [...] [...] first time an ingredient in sunscreen has been called into question. I wrote about the chemical oxybenzone nearly three years ago. Oxybenzone — one of the commonly used ingredients in most sunscreens [...]

]]> By: Check the Label Before You Buy that Sunscreen | JediMom Blog http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/comment-page-1/#comment-15143 Check the Label Before You Buy that Sunscreen | JediMom Blog Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:48:24 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/#comment-15143 [...] camp checklists and sunscreen permission forms. Luckily, I came across a great post this morning at Crunchy Domestic Goddess which explains some of the hidden dangers in sunscreen. She gives a nice rundown on three toxic [...] [...] camp checklists and sunscreen permission forms. Luckily, I came across a great post this morning at Crunchy Domestic Goddess which explains some of the hidden dangers in sunscreen. She gives a nice rundown on three toxic [...]

]]> By: Carol Abernathy http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/comment-page-1/#comment-14622 Carol Abernathy Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:43:19 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/#comment-14622 Oxybenzone has made my life a misery for over ten summers now. I am extremely photosensitive to it and other people leave invisible sunscreen on doorknobs,toilet seats, tables, chairs, telephones, etc., etc. How can we get sunscreen manufacturers to stop using it? Oxybenzone has made my life a misery for over ten summers now. I am extremely photosensitive to it and other people leave invisible sunscreen on doorknobs,toilet seats, tables, chairs, telephones, etc., etc. How can we get sunscreen manufacturers to stop using it?

]]> By: Links and Interesting Information « Jungle’s Wife http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/comment-page-1/#comment-13630 Links and Interesting Information « Jungle’s Wife Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:13:11 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/#comment-13630 [...] Is Your Child’s Sunscreen Doing More Harm Than Good? Includes a list of ingredients to avoid with links to lists that help you decide which products to avoid and which ones are safer. [...] [...] Is Your Child’s Sunscreen Doing More Harm Than Good? Includes a list of ingredients to avoid with links to lists that help you decide which products to avoid and which ones are safer. [...]

]]> By: Erin Ely http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/comment-page-1/#comment-12160 Erin Ely Sat, 24 May 2008 03:56:09 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/#comment-12160 Hi everyone, I found your post through twitter from naturalmom. I'm a complete organic freak so when I saw this discussion I had to check it out. What a lot of great comments and discussion about about sunscreen and ingredients. Definitely important to get that vitamin D exposure. I am a HUGE ingredients list reader and that is how I become involved with the products that I use now. I am also an Independent Representative so I want you to know that. I sell a very clean sunscreen, it was rated on EWG's skin deep database but the company is updating all their formulations and had to input new information so they took all the ratings down until they update them, which takes weeks, they should be up again soon. Anyway, I sell Miessence products and they have a wonderfully clean sunscreen with the basic ingredient being zinc oxide. Zinc oxide is a physical blocker and it has been used for years, I remember putting straight zinc oxide on my nose as a kid. Miessence Outdoor Balm has an SPF of 15 on the label but it has actually been tested to SPF 30. The truth of a product is in the ingredients, regardless of what it says on the label. If you have any interest in checking out the sunscreen here is the complete ingredients list: Ingredients Organic olive, Zinc Oxide, capric triglyceride, Organic Shea Fruit Butter, Organic unrefined beeswax, oat kernel flour, polygonoum multiflorum root extract, natural vitamin e, organic carnauba wax, Organic olive fruit oil, Organic Rosemary Extract, dunaliella salina algae extract It's a very basic ingredients list, with no chemicals at all. If you want to look at it here is link to my website http://elyorganics.com/miessence-products/13430/ just another option in case you're interested. I also created a page that talks more about products that are directed toward children and kids that has some interesting information that might be useful to you. http://elyorganics.com/pages/miessence-products-organic-baby-children/ Keep up the good work in tracking down the truth about products and ingredients. It's very helpful to all of us. Regards, Erin Hi everyone,
I found your post through twitter from naturalmom. I’m a complete organic freak so when I saw this discussion I had to check it out.

What a lot of great comments and discussion about about sunscreen and ingredients. Definitely important to get that vitamin D exposure.

I am a HUGE ingredients list reader and that is how I become involved with the products that I use now. I am also an Independent Representative so I want you to know that.

I sell a very clean sunscreen, it was rated on EWG’s skin deep database but the company is updating all their formulations and had to input new information so they took all the ratings down until they update them, which takes weeks, they should be up again soon.

Anyway, I sell Miessence products and they have a wonderfully clean sunscreen with the basic ingredient being zinc oxide.

Zinc oxide is a physical blocker and it has been used for years, I remember putting straight zinc oxide on my nose as a kid.

Miessence Outdoor Balm has an SPF of 15 on the label but it has actually been tested to SPF 30.

The truth of a product is in the ingredients, regardless of what it says on the label.

If you have any interest in checking out the sunscreen here is the complete ingredients list:

Ingredients
Organic olive, Zinc Oxide, capric triglyceride, Organic Shea Fruit Butter, Organic unrefined beeswax, oat kernel flour, polygonoum multiflorum root extract, natural vitamin e, organic carnauba wax, Organic olive fruit oil, Organic Rosemary Extract, dunaliella salina algae extract

It’s a very basic ingredients list, with no chemicals at all.

If you want to look at it here is link to my website http://elyorganics.com/miessence-products/13430/

just another option in case you’re interested.

I also created a page that talks more about products that are directed toward children and kids that has some interesting information that might be useful to you.

http://elyorganics.com/pages/miessence-products-organic-baby-children/

Keep up the good work in tracking down the truth about products and ingredients. It’s very helpful to all of us.

Regards,
Erin

]]> By: Mama C-ta http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/comment-page-1/#comment-12154 Mama C-ta Fri, 23 May 2008 23:44:27 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/04/14/is-your-childrens-sunscreen-doing-more-harm-than-good/#comment-12154 I use California Baby too, thankfully, almost by default though since everything else gave Cricket a rash. I'm happy they did, wonder if I would have ever would have researched it as much as I did. Thanks for spreading the word. I use California Baby too, thankfully, almost by default though since everything else gave Cricket a rash. I’m happy they did, wonder if I would have ever would have researched it as much as I did. Thanks for spreading the word.

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