# Safe Sunscreen That Works

**By Paula Gallagher** · 2010-06-01

Every year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit organization that uses public information to protect health and the environment, puts out a [list of safe and reliable sunscreens](http://www.ewg.org/2010sunscreen/best-beach-sport-sunscreens/). The list includes sunscreens from companies like Badger and California Baby, both of which use titanium dioxide as sunblock. They also found that a form of vitamin A (retinyl palmitate) found in many sunscreens can actually speed the development of skin tumors and lesions in lab animals. Sort of defeats the purpose of sunblock, eh? You can [read the full report here](http://www.ewg.org/2010sunscreen/full-report/new-fda-study-sunscreen-additive-may-speed-cancer-growth/). Last year we posted a great blog about [Green Sunscreen](https://www.myvillagegreen.com/blog/?p=78) and it gives you an excellent review of what to look for in a sunscreen. Personally, I use Badger SPF 30, on both myself and my 16-month-old son, and we have found it to be very effective.

**Tags:** Category_Body Care & Beauty, Category_Health Concerns, sun block, sunscreen

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> Source: [Village Green Apothecary](https://myvillagegreen.com/blogs/post/safe-sunscreen-that-works)