Why is Green Screen® not #1 on the EWG website?
We wonder this too, as we’re the only sunscreen manufacturer that uses completely edible grade organic and natural ingredients and the highest concentration of non-nanoparticle Zinc Oxide on the market. EWG uses rating practices that are not based on science. EWG states that 4 out of 5 sunscreens fail to perform to the manufacturer’s claims yet rewards companies in their evaluation for inflating SPF claims. Green Screen doesn’t receive a higher rating because we market our sunscreens at a conservative SPF of 20, instead of 30. This difference penalizes us with the UVB hazard score, even though the difference between SPF 20 and 30 is only a 1.6% increase in protection. EWG gives us the best broad spectrum protection rating since we use 25% zinc oxide, but apparently this doesn’t count toward the numerical rating. The major problem with EWG’s method is that they rely only upon what the manufacturer claims the SPF is, they do not demand that each manufacturer submit testing data at all, m
