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CAUTIONBanana Boat Simply Protect SPF 50+ Sunscreen Lotion is rated CAUTION by BannedPantry: its label lists 1 ingredient that is banned or restricted outside the US — Octocrylene (EU (restricted)). All of them are still legal to sell in the US.
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.
Same category, none of the flagged ingredients.
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Active: Avobenzone 3%, Octisalate 5%, Octocrylene 2.8%, Titanium Dioxide 3%. Inactive: Water, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Dimethicone, Glycerin, Neopentyl Glycol Diheptanoate, Silica, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Stearyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Triethoxycaprylylsilane.
No — every ingredient in Banana Boat Simply Protect SPF 50+ Sunscreen Lotion is currently legal to sell in the US. However, Octocrylene is banned or restricted in other regions: Octocrylene (EU (restricted)).
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.
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