What are Natural Sunscreens?
Claims like “all ingredients are derived from natural substances” can be often found on some sunscreen packages. There is no regulation that would tell which sunscreens may be called natural. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, natural means “existing in, or produced by nature”, “not artificial”, meaning “not man made”. But the process of deriving ingredients from a natural source may include artificial procedures and artificial substances, making originally natural product unnatural. Besides that, ingredient is not automatically safe just because it is natural. Both natural and artificial substances can cause adverse reactions.
