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THE CHEMISTRY OF SUNSCREEN Summer sun brings with it the risk of sunburn, so we’ll all be slapping on the sunscreen to guard against it. But what are the chemicals that keep you from turning as red as a lobster? This graphic looks at them and how they work. TYPES OF UV RADIATION wavelength 17 UVA 320-400nm SUNSCREEN ACTIVE INGREDIENTS Accounts for 95% of solar UV radiation reaching Earth’s surface. Penetrates deepest into skin, and APPROVED contributes to skin cancer via indirect DNA damage. IN THE USA wavelength UVB 290-320nm Accounts for 5% of solar UV radiation reaching Earth’s surface. Causes direct DNA damage, and is one of the main contributors to skin cancer. 28 wavelength SUNSCREEN ACTIVE INGREDIENTS UVC 290-100nm APPROVED IN THE EU Filtered out by ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere, and as a result does not reach the surface of the Earth, and doesn’t cause skin damage. Inorganic chemicals in sunscreen, such as zinc oxide and titanium oxide, both absorb and scatter UV light. Organic chemicals are also used – the chemical bonds in these absorb UV radiation, with the chemical structure affecting whether they absorb UVA, UVB, or both. Several different chemicals are used in sunscreen to ensure full protection. UVA BLOCKERS UVB BLOCKERS UVA & UVB BLOCKERS O O O O O O O OCTYL METHOXYCINNAMATE O OH AVOBENZONE OXYBENZONE O O O HO O S OH NH2 O O NH2 O O OH MENTHYL ANTHRANILATE HOMOSALATE SULISOBENZONE O HO S OTHER UVB BLOCKERS OTHER UVA & UVB BLOCKERS O (Italicised = not approved in USA) (Italicised = not approved in USA) O PABA Octylocrylene Dioxybenzone Neo Heliopan AP O Padimate O Ensulizole Mexoryl XL Uvinul A Plus O Cinoxate Octyl triazone Tinosorb S UVAsorb HEB S OH Octyl salicylate Enzacamene Tinosorb M O ECAMSULE Trolamine salicylate Amiloxate All currently approved in EU, Canada & Australia © COMPOUND INTEREST 2015 - WWW.COMPOUNDCHEM.COM | @COMPOUNDCHEM C Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence. BY NC ND.

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