Public interest in sunscreens and sunscreen ingredients: A Google trends study.

Keywords: consumer product safety; Google trends; sunscreen; sunscreen ingredients; united states food and drug administration EN consumer product safety Google trends sunscreen sunscreen ingredients united states food and drug administration 166 168 3 03/15/23 20230301 NES 230301 In February 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a tentative monograph highlighting the need for further study of sunscreen ingredients after evidence of systemic absorption of six sunscreen ingredients emerged.[[1], [3]] The FDA deemed some ingredients as safe and effective, others as not safe and effective, and another 12 ingredients as needing further safety research. Our results suggest that public interest in sunscreens and sunscreen ingredients has been growing since at least 2013 and has further increased since publication of the FDA monograph on sunscreen safety in February of 2019. [Extracted from the article]