Don’t Get Burned by DIY Sunscreen

We’re all getting more aware of the chemicals in personal-care products—as was well documented in a recent NextTribe article. And the fact that recent research found that sunscreen ingredients get into our bloodstream raised alarm, as did the FDA saying it needed to look into such ingredients as avobenzone and oxybenzone more closely.

That has led some people to believe they may be better off with some “clean,” homemade versions of sunscreen rather than the chemical-laden ones on the store shelves. The internet is rife with recipes—so many, in fact, that researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the Brooks College of Health at University of North Florida took a closer look at what was being shared on Pinterest.