This summer, Neutrogena launched its new SPF 100 formula, which contains a heinous 39% active ingredient cocktail of Avobenzone (3%), Homosalate (15%), Octisalate (5%), Octocrylene (10%), and Oxybenzone (6%), completely maxing out the upper limits of FDA regulations for each of these toxic petrochemicals.

Although petrochemical sunscreen manufacturers attest the chemicals they use in their formulas are harmless and safe, this product's instructions continue, "In case of accidental ingestion, seek professional assistance or contact a Poison Control Center immediately."

Poison Control Center!? Sunscreen manufacturers regularly violate FDA's 1999 OTC Monograph on Sunscreens by omitting approved language on their labels, but nowhere in this regulatory document does it suggest the quotation above is necessary. It's likely that Neutrogena's LEGAL department demanded this language be present given the nastiness of the formula.

Recall that based on the published medical research, 60-80% of what we put on our skin is absorbed into our blood! Exposure of this sort is even worse than eating it because everything that is absorbed by your digestive system gets processed and filtered by your liver first, which is quite effective in eliminating toxins from circulating throughout the rest of your body. Transdermal absorption is equvalent to an IV injection, and is a route commonly used by many pharmaceutical companies to deliver their drugs and specifically avoid the liver's detoxification processes.

Our skin has simply not evolved to be an effective barrier to petroleum chemicals. Instead, it has evolved to keep life-sustaining water inside our bodies, and life-threatening agents such as bacteria and viruses out. Nowhere, except during the last 100 evolutionarily-insignificant years or so, have petrochemicals been part of the evolutionary pressure to which our skin has adapted, which is why it's such a poor barrier to these chemicals.

With just 60% absorption of a 39% active ingredient formula when spread at the recommended level of 1 ounce (30g) per bodily treatment, you can expect to get 7.2 GRAMS of these petrochemicals absorbed into your blood. Considering you might take 1000 milligrams = 1 gram of painkiller for a headache, you're exposing yourself to 720% higher levels of a petrochemical cocktail that demands, "In case of accidental ingestion, seek professional assistance or contact a Poison Control Center immediately." on its label.

WHICH IS WHY Ultra-high SPF petrochemical sunscreens are simply INSANE!

Keep in mind that SPF 30 petrochemical sunscreens are only marginally less toxic - they regularly exceed 25% active ingredients.

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