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AVOIDCoppertone SPORT SPF 50 Sunscreen Lotion is rated AVOID by BannedPantry: its label lists 4 ingredients that are banned or restricted outside the US — Homosalate (EU (restricted: max 7.34% face products only)); Octocrylene (EU (restricted)); Propyl Paraben (EU, UK); Triethanolamine (EU). All of them are still legal to sell in the US.
Banned or restricted in: EU (restricted: max 7.34% face products only)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 lowered homosalate to a maximum of 7.34% and restricted it to face products only (previously 10%, all products), fully applicable since 28 July 2023, over systemic-exposure/endocrine concerns. The US still permits up to 15%.
Banned or restricted in: EU (restricted)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 restricts octocrylene to max 10% (9% in propellant sprays) and requires benzophenone impurity to be kept at trace level, applicable since 28 July 2023.
Banned or restricted in: EU, UK
Propylparaben (E216) and its sodium salt (E217) were removed as permitted EU food additives (Directive 2006/52/EC) over endocrine concerns and no group ADI could be set; in cosmetics its use is capped (Regulation (EU) No 1004/2014). The US still permits food use.
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Active: Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 10%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 2.8%. Inactive: Water, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Silica, Glycerin, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, PEG-8, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Triethanolamine, Carbomer, EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben, Propylparaben.
No — every ingredient in Coppertone SPORT SPF 50 Sunscreen Lotion is currently legal to sell in the US. However, Homosalate, Octocrylene, Propyl Paraben, Triethanolamine are banned or restricted in other regions: Homosalate (EU (restricted: max 7.34% face products only)); Octocrylene (EU (restricted)); Propyl Paraben (EU, UK); Triethanolamine (EU).
Homosalate: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 lowered homosalate to a maximum of 7.34% and restricted it to face products only (previously 10%, all products), fully applicable since 28 July 2023, over systemic-exposure/endocrine concerns. The US still permits up to 15%. Octocrylene: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 restricts octocrylene to max 10% (9% in propellant sprays) and requires benzophenone impurity to be kept at trace level, applicable since 28 July 2023. Propyl Paraben: Propylparaben (E216) and its sodium salt (E217) were removed as permitted EU food additives (Directive 2006/52/EC) over endocrine concerns and no group ADI could be set; in cosmetics its use is capped (Regulation (EU) No 1004/2014). The US still permits food use. Triethanolamine: The EU restricts triethanolamine in cosmetics (max 2.5% in leave-on products, nitrosamine controls) under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III (entry 62); the US does not cap its cosmetic use.
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Banned or restricted in: EU
The EU restricts triethanolamine in cosmetics (max 2.5% in leave-on products, nitrosamine controls) under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, Annex III (entry 62); the US does not cap its cosmetic use.