EltaMD Transparent Zinc Oxide sunscreen is falsely marketed as having zinc oxide as the only active sunscreen ingredient even though a significant portion of the product contains chemicals sunscreen ingredients, according to a class action lawsuit filed Dec. 5 in New York.
Plaintiffs Amy Schneider and Erika Opgenorth each say they chose to purchase EltaMD Transparent Zinc Oxide sunscreen because they believed that the product contained only zinc oxide as the active sunscreen ingredient.
Mineral sunscreens are increasingly popular with consumers due to the negative health and environmental effects associated with chemical sunscreens, the EltaMD sunscreen class action lawsuit explains. Chemical sunscreens can reportedly irritate acne-prone skin and may be associated with hormonal disruption and the production of dangerous free radicals.
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