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Health effects / Other evidence
The EU committee's margin of safety for 6% oxybenzone was about 36-38 for whole-body sunscreens (aerosol 36, cream and pump spray 38), far below the 447 for face cream, 317 for hand cream, and 1257 for lipstick; the SCCS uses a 100-fold margin as the benchmark in its guidance.
Strong evidence.
Caveats
Margin = 67.9 mg/kg/day rat NOAEL divided by estimated absorbed dose; the 100 benchmark is stated in the separate guidance, not this opinion. Absorption includes a 2-standard-deviation add-on for a flawed lab study.
Source: SCCS 2021 (BP-3 opinion), SCCS final opinion (PDF) Link to this fact
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