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I like aubrey sunscreen the best.

Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:37 -0400From: president@...To: sea_shell81@...Subject: Best sunscreens, go organic for less & pesticide in toys

Most Sunscreens Don't Work - Does Yours? You might have seen our sunscreen report on CNN or in The New York Times. We found that 4 out of 5 sunscreens don't give the protection you need - they block too little of the sun's harmful UV radiation or contain unsafe ingredients. Brands like Coppertone, Neutrogena, and Banana Boat are among the worst offenders. How'd your sunscreen do? Find out in our updated database of 1,000 sunscreens. Here are our top picks:

Keys Soap Solar Rx Therapeutic Sunblock

Trukid Sunny Days Facestick Mineral Sunscreen UVA/UVB Broad Spectrum

California Baby Sunblock Stick No Fragrance

Badger Sunscreen

Marie Veronique Skin Therapy Sun SerumGet the rest of the Top 10 List.

Save Money Going Organic With soaring food prices, how you can spend less to feed your family? Organic produce is healthier, but it can also be expensive. That's why we created our Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. It tells you which produce has the lowest pesticide concentration (so conventional's okay), and which fruits and veggies have higher amounts of pesticides (go organic). Get the guide today and save money.

'Antibacterial' Pesticide in Soap & Toys It's in your soap, toothpaste, and children's toys. It's also a hormone disruptor that ends up in mothers' breast milk and is toxic to aquatic life. What is it? Triclosan, a widespread antibacterial pesticide. But antibacterial soap made with triclosan isn't any better than regular soap, according to the FDA. And the American Medical Association recommends not using products containing triclosan because it may cause resistance to antibiotics. So why is it still so widely used, and virtually unregulated? The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to evaluate it in the past but is looking into it right now. In the meantime, EWG is keeping the pressure on EPA, calling for manufacturers to stop using it, and recommending that consumers avoid it.Download our guide to learn how to avoid it, then find triclosan in your home.

EWG in the NewsForbes 'How To Make Your Medicine Cabinet Eco-Friendly' July 8, 2008 New York Times 'And Bring The Sunscreen' July 7, 2008CNN 'Getting Burned: Is your sunscreen any good?' July 1, 2008Seattle Post-Intelligencer 'Natural Medicine: Reducing Pesticide Exposure' June 30, 2008Arizona Daily Star 'Resolution Saves Canyon From Mining - For A While' June 27, 2008More EWG in the News

Pet Food Confidential: Who regulates pet food? Eddie at Pets for the Environment has been doing lots of research on pet food, and over the next several weeks he'll be filling you in on who controls pet food, what the ingredient labels mean, and what the other options are. If you've got questions, leave them in the comments on his blog, and he'll try to answer them!Get pet food facts.

In This Issue

Most Sunscreens Don't Work - Does Yours?

Save Money Going Organic

'Antibacterial' Pesticide in Soap & Toys

EWG in the News

Who regulates pet food?

Mixed Greens Podcast: Don't get burned!We break down how to choose a better sunscreen based on EWG's updated 2008 sunscreen report. Plus, we reveal the brand-leading company without a single recommended product.

Click here to listen.

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> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:03:37 -0400From: president@...:

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> Most Sunscreens Don't Work - Does Yours? You might have seen our

sunscreen report on CNN or in The New York Times. We found that 4 out

of 5 sunscreens don't give the protection you need - they block too

little of the sun's harmful UV radiation or contain unsafe

ingredients. Brands like Coppertone, Neutrogena, and Banana Boat are

among the worst offenders. How'd your sunscreen do? Find out in our

updated database of 1,000 sunscreens. Here are our top picks:

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> Keys Soap Solar Rx Therapeutic Sunblock

> Trukid Sunny Days Facestick Mineral Sunscreen UVA/UVB Broad Spectrum

> California Baby Sunblock Stick No Fragrance

> Badger Sunscreen

> Marie Veronique Skin Therapy Sun SerumGet the rest of the Top 10

List.

> Save Money Going Organic With soaring food prices, how you can

spend less to feed your family? Organic produce is healthier, but it

can also be expensive. That's why we created our Shopper's Guide to

Pesticides in Produce. It tells you which produce has the lowest

pesticide concentration (so conventional's okay), and which fruits

and veggies have higher amounts of pesticides (go organic). Get the

guide today and save money.

> 'Antibacterial' Pesticide in Soap & Toys It's in your soap,

toothpaste, and children's toys. It's also a hormone disruptor that

ends up in mothers' breast milk and is toxic to aquatic life. What is

it? Triclosan, a widespread antibacterial pesticide. But

antibacterial soap made with triclosan isn't any better than regular

soap, according to the FDA. And the American Medical Association

recommends not using products containing triclosan because it may

cause resistance to antibiotics. So why is it still so widely used,

and virtually unregulated? The Environmental Protection Agency has

failed to evaluate it in the past but is looking into it right now.

In the meantime, EWG is keeping the pressure on EPA, calling for

manufacturers to stop using it, and recommending that consumers avoid

it.Download our guide to learn how to avoid it, then find triclosan

in your home.

> EWG in the NewsForbes 'How To Make Your Medicine Cabinet Eco-

Friendly' July 8, 2008 New York Times 'And Bring The Sunscreen' July

7, 2008CNN 'Getting Burned: Is your sunscreen any good?' July 1,

2008Seattle Post-Intelligencer 'Natural Medicine: Reducing Pesticide

Exposure' June 30, 2008Arizona Daily Star 'Resolution Saves Canyon

From Mining - For A While' June 27, 2008More EWG in the News

> Pet Food Confidential: Who regulates pet food? Eddie at Pets for

the Environment has been doing lots of research on pet food, and over

the next several weeks he'll be filling you in on who controls pet

food, what the ingredient labels mean, and what the other options

are. If you've got questions, leave them in the comments on his blog,

and he'll try to answer them!Get pet food facts.

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> In This Issue

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> Most Sunscreens Don't Work - Does Yours?

> Save Money Going Organic

> 'Antibacterial' Pesticide in Soap & Toys

> EWG in the News

> Who regulates pet food?

>

> Mixed Greens Podcast: Don't get burned!We break down how to choose

a better sunscreen based on EWG's updated 2008 sunscreen report.

Plus, we reveal the brand-leading company without a single

recommended product.

>

> Click here to listen.

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>

> TELL A FRIEND | CHANGE OPTIONS | SIGN UP | UNSUBSCRIBE

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> The Environmental Working Group is a non-profit, non-partisan

research organization dedicated to using the power of information to

protect human health and the environment. The EWG Action Fund is a

legislative advocacy organization that uses EWG research to promote

healthy and sustainable policies.1436 U St NW / Suite 100 /

Washington, DC 20009 / http://www.ewg.org

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