Thursday, July 2, 2009

healthy (and not) sunscreens

Folks with lupus are warned to avoid the sun.
Sometimes we can't completely avoid it, so we use sunscreen. But some sunscreens are filled with nasty chemicals that are really bad for us. Here's a great resource for finding a healthy sunscreen:
http://www.ewg.org/cosmetics/report/sunscreen09/Beach-Sunscreens

1 comment:

Erin In The Sky With Lupus said...

Good information to know. Thank you. Mostly, I use hats & clothing to cover up - but now that it's so hot it harder to do that & I've been scared to put sunscreen on b/c I'd heard it can be toxic to auto-immune patients.

I tried to add your blog, but I don't think I did it right. I'm new & used to livejournal.