PARSOL 1789 CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
PARSOL 1789 CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT includes recent letters to FDA Commissioner David Kessler from Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Bill Bradley (D-NJ) and Reps. Herb Klein (D-NJ), Roy Rowland (D-GA), Don Johnson (D-GA) and Nathan Deal (D-GA). The letters stress the potential public health risk that may be created by many sunscreen's lack of UVA protection and urge FDA to address the status of Givaudan-Roure's broad-spectrum UVA filer Parsol 1789 (avobenzone) as part of the OTC sunscreen rulemaking