Potential health risks
Main article: Sunscreen controversy
Adverse health effects may be associated with some synthetic compounds in sunscreens.[42] In 2007 two studies by the CDC highlighted concerns about the sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone (benzophenone-3). The first detected the chemicals in greater than 95% of 2000 Americans tested, and the second found that mothers with high levels of oxybenzone in their bodies were more likely to give birth to underweight baby girls. [43]