Chemists’ Own sunscreens
Keep using sunscreen. The TGA says its benefits far outweigh any risks, and nothing here says a product is unsafe: the limits are proposals.
4 Chemists’ Own sunscreens are on the register; 4 list homosalate. Names are the register’s, which can differ from the label.
- Chemists' Own Dry Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ Avobenzone 3%, Homosalate 3%, Octocrylene 3%, Octisalate 3%, Oxybenzone 2% Homosalate 3%, above all three TGA proposed limitsOxybenzone 2%, within options 2 and 3 only if it’s an adult face and hand product
- Chemists' Own Dry Touch Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ (new formulation) Octocrylene 8%, Homosalate 6%, Avobenzone 3% Homosalate 6%, above all three TGA proposed limits
- Chemists' Own Sport Moisturising Lip Balm SPF50+ Homosalate 10%, Octocrylene 5%, Octisalate 5%, 4-MBC 4%, Avobenzone 4% Homosalate 10%, above all three TGA proposed limits4-MBC 4%, above both TGA proposed limits
- Chemists' Own Sport Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+ (new formulation) Octocrylene 8%, Homosalate 6%, Avobenzone 3% Homosalate 6%, above all three TGA proposed limits