More on Education Union and sunscreens

By Jason Major

TechNyou

Andrew Maynard at 2020 science has entered into the fray by providing his thoughts on the Australian Education Union’s recommending that workplaces (eg schools) use only nanoparticle-free sunscreen.

He elaborates in more detail that I did in the TechNyou post last week. He expresses numerous concerns with the decision, but his key criticism seems to be, not the Friends of the Earth document which is what the AEU bases its recommendation on, but how the AEU use that document as an authoritative guide to sunscreen use, which it is not. That is their recommendations re: sunscreen use is not based on any evidence-based science regarding the safety and efficacy of sunscreen and its use.