“American consumers deserve access to the best available sun protection. Today they’re finally getting closer to it," said Alexa Friedman, a senior scientist at EWG.

The FDA has added bemotrizinol to the over-the-counter sunscreen monograph, making it the first new active sunscreen ingredient permitted in the United States since 1999,…

Bemotrizinol blocks UVA and UVB and has been available in Europe since 1999