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AVOIDLa Roche-Posay Anthelios Clear Skin Dry Touch Sunscreen SPF 60 is rated AVOID by BannedPantry: its label lists 4 ingredients that are banned or restricted outside the US — Oxybenzone (EU (restricted: max 6% face/hands/lips, 2.2% body), Hawaii, Palau); Homosalate (EU (restricted: max 7.34% face products only)); Octocrylene (EU (restricted)); Triethanolamine (EU). All of them are still legal to sell in the US.
Banned or restricted in: EU (restricted: max 6% face/hands/lips, 2.2% body), Hawaii, Palau, US Virgin Islands, Aruba, Bonaire
Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 caps benzophenone-3 at 6% for face/hand/lip products and 2.2% for body products. Sale is banned in Hawaii, Palau, the US Virgin Islands, Aruba and Bonaire for reef damage.
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)
Same category, none of the flagged ingredients.
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Active: Homosalate 10%, Oxybenzone 5%, Octocrylene 3.5%, Octisalate 5%, Avobenzone 3%. Inactive: Water, Silica, Isopropyl Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Dimethicone, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Triethanolamine, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol.
No — every ingredient in La Roche-Posay Anthelios Clear Skin Dry Touch Sunscreen SPF 60 is currently legal to sell in the US. However, Oxybenzone, Homosalate, Octocrylene, Triethanolamine are banned or restricted in other regions: Oxybenzone (EU (restricted: max 6% face/hands/lips, 2.2% body), Hawaii, Palau); Homosalate (EU (restricted: max 7.34% face products only)); Octocrylene (EU (restricted)); Triethanolamine (EU).
Oxybenzone: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1176 caps benzophenone-3 at 6% for face/hand/lip products and 2.2% for body products. Sale is banned in Hawaii, Palau, the US Virgin Islands, Aruba and Bonaire for reef damage. 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. 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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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
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.