[neverdem]

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[MHGinTN]

MEXORYL ... how is it derived/produced? And what is the generic chemical name for the compound?

[bitt]

'Part of the problem is that only within the last 10 years have scientists come to understand the biomechanics of UVA damage. "Up until 1995 the thinking was that UVA was not as important as we now know," Dr. Rigel said.

So far the Food and Drug Administration has approved only three ingredients protective against UVA: zinc oxide, titanium dioxide and avobenzone (trade name Parsol 1789).

But Mexoryl seems more effective than any of these at protecting against UVA light. In 2000, Canadian and French researchers slathered six brands of sunscreen and sunblock on the backs of volunteers and exposed their skin to a UV sunlamp for 15 minutes. The product containing Mexoryl (along with avobenzone, titanium dioxide and other ingredients) was more than twice as effective in protecting against UVA light as any of the others. The study was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Mexoryl's secret is its chemical structure, Dr. Rigel said. "You can achieve much more efficient and powerful and effective protection with this one ingredient, or you can add it to another ingredient and get an incredibly high SPF protection level, all the way up to SPF 90," as well as UVA protection, he said.'

[2banana]

Staying out of the sun is even more effective and it is FREE...

[bluefish]

Dr. Darrell S. Rigel, a dermatologist at New York University, however, said safety is not an issue. "It's just bureaucracy," he said.

It isn't just bureacracy. It is more sinister than that. One head of the FDA explicitly stated once that the primary function of the FDA is to protect the American pharmaceutical industry.

Drugs invented overseas do not get approved after decades of safe use. One of our companies come out with something that has a similar mechenism of action and voila - approval! Despite a much shorter safety screening period.

Having said that though, I really wonder if completely blocking the sun is really *that* good for us? We need some sunlight.

I doubt this stuff is going to turn back the clock or do anything miraculous.

Even if it did, we will learn 10 years after lathering up with it that the active ingredient, while maybe preventing wrinkles, seeps into the system and causes liver damage or some horrible brain disease.

< Step off your Cynics Soapbox now Bluefish >

[PilloryHillary]

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[parisa]

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[Polybius]

Mexoryl SX, made by the Paris-based skin-care giant L'Oréal, is an illegal sunscreen in this country, one that is thought to be particularly useful in preventing wrinkles.

I live in Washington State.

I vaguely recall that there is something called a "sun" but I don't remember what it is or why you need to be screened from it.

[freepatriot32]

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So the war on some drugs is effecting sunnscreen now interesting.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Thank you for this article, I am a redhead and have horrible problems with the sun. I am going to go over to Canada tomorrow and stock up.

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