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Ensuring the Safety of Sunscreens, and Their Efficacy in Preventing Skin Cancers: Challenges and Controversies for Clinicians, Formulators, and Regulators

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2019
When people think about sun-protection or prevention of skin cancer, sunscreens readily come to mind. Sunscreen effectiveness is tested in vivo by the ability to prevent erythema of skin, yet testing methods vary between markets, and many sunscreens fail
Sharad P. Paul, Sharad P. Paul
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Rosmarinus officinalis extract-loaded emulgel prevents UVB irradiation damage to the skin

open access: yesAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022
UVB-irradiation increases the risk of various skin disorders, therefore leading to inflammation and oxidative stress. In this sense, antioxidant-rich herbs such as Rosmarinus officinalis may be useful in minimizing the damage promoted by reactive oxygen ...
KÁTIA S. TAKAYAMA   +14 more
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Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidences Analyzed Worldwide by Sex, Age, and Skin Type over Personal Ultraviolet-B Dose Shows No Role for Sunburn but Implies One for Vitamin D\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Because the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) was reported to increase with increasing terrestrial UVR (290–400 nm) doses in the US back in 1975 and a recent publication showed no association exists with UVR exposure at all, we set out to ...
Godar, Dianne E.   +2 more
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Sunscreens’ UV Filters Risk for Coastal Marine Environment Biodiversity: A Review

open access: yesDiversity, 2021
Considering the rapid growth of tourism in recent years and the acknowledgement that exposure to solar UV radiation may cause skin cancer, sunscreens have been widely used by beachgoers in recent decades. UV filters contained in sunscreens, however, were
Samuele Caloni   +3 more
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Chitin and lignin. Natural ingredients from waste materials to make innovative and healthy products for humans and plant [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In a globalized world, plants are continually cut to obtain free land for intensive farming without remembering their important function in the planet ecosystem.
Morganti, Pierfrancesco, Stoller, Marco
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Enhanced Toxicity of Bisphenols Together with UV Filters in Water: Identification of Synergy and Antagonism in Three-Component Mixtures

open access: yesMolecules, 2022
Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) localize in the biome in variable combinations of complex mixtures that are often environmentally persistent, bioaccumulate and biomagnify, prompting a need for extensive monitoring.
Błażej Kudłak   +5 more
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Phototesting and photoprotection in LE [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Photosensitivity and induction of skin lesions following UV radiation is a common problem of patients with cutaneous and systemic forms of lupus erythematosus.
Cazenave A.   +15 more
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Booster Effect of a Natural Extract of Polypodium leucotomos (Fernblock®) That Improves the UV Barrier Function and Immune Protection Capability of Sunscreen Formulations

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Novel approaches to photoprotection must go beyond classical MED measurements, as discoveries on the effect of UV radiation on skin paints a more complex and multi-pronged scenario with multitude of skin cell types involved.
Jose Aguilera   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

From fundamental science to product : a bottom-up approach to sunscreen development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Despite the pivotal role of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in sustaining life on Earth, overexposure to this type of radiation can have catastrophic effects, such as skin cancer. Sunscreens, the most common form of artificial protection against such harmful
Rodrigues, Natércia D. N.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Sunscreen products impair the early developmental stages of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
Marine ecosystems are increasingly threatened by the release of personal care products. Among them, sunscreens are causing concern either for the effects on skin protection from UV radiation and for the potential impacts on marine life. Here, we assessed
Cinzia Corinaldesi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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