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Other countries have better sunscreens. Here's why we can't get them in the U.S. (www.npr.org)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

Steven Goldberg, a retired vice president of BASF, said companies are wary of the FDA process because of the cost and their fear that additional animal testing could ignite a consumer backlash in the European Union, which bans animal testing of cosmetics, including sunscreen.

fucking good, there should be a backlash against companies doing animal testing. It's fucked up and archaic, and it's time for it to end. The FDA needs to update and end the violence