The FDA hasn’t approved a new UV filter for sunscreen since 1999. Some consumers are turning to foreign markets instead.
The FDA hasn’t approved ingredients that could make products more pleasing to use — and used more often, says Amanda Mull of The Atlantic.
Stricter regulations on what sunscreen packaging can say were supposed to go into effect today, just in time for summer. But a delay sought by the industry means they won't happen until the winter.
