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OXYBENZONE

TODAY, OXYBENZONE IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED UV FILTER, FOUND IN 68% OF SUNSCREENS.

IN 5 YEARS, OXYBENZONE WILL BE IN ZERO SUNSCREENS.

ITS TOXIC EFFECTS REVEALED.

When most people go to the beach, they use sunscreen.

If we’re concerned with more than just getting burned, we look for a broad spectrum sunscreen.

To keep our kids protected, we look for a high SPF broad spectrum sunscreen, and most opt for sprays, as the little ones are always eager to get away and play.



While we seek protection, oftentimes we are unwittingly spraying ourselves and our children with toxins.

Some sunscreens (sadly most sunscreens) have toxic ingredients in them, ones that are widely known in the medical field to be unsuitable for children, but that parents aren’t aware of.



We will focus on one: oxybenzone (BP-3), as it is the

  • Most toxic sunscreen chemical

  • Most widely used sunscreen chemical

  • Most rapidly absorbed of all sunscreen chemicals, and can be found in 97% of Americans, according to the CDC.

  • Causes sunburn-like allergic reactions upon contact with the sun in 1/4 of people.

  • One that must be addressed immediately.



Oxybenzone is a global health concern, and is toxic to everyone and everything.

But people don’t know about it.

Over the past 2 years, we have been doing in-depth research on oxybenzone, and its effects are startling.

NO PARENT SHOULD EVER BE USING OXYBENZONE ON THEIR CHILDREN.

NO PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD EVER BE USING OXYBENZONE.

DO NOT USE OXYBENZONE IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BECOME PREGNANT (MALE OR FEMALE).

OXYBENZONE IS AN ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR, MIMICKING THE HORMONE ESTROGEN.

It has been said that every time you spray your child with oxybenzone, it’s the equivalent of putting a birth control patch on your child.


Hawaii, Palau, and most recently, Key West, Florida have already banned oxybenzone. In 2019, Florida, Virginia, many more states, and countries around the globe will ban oxybenzone, including China, Spain, and any country with enough political willpower to do it.

Since 1999, reports have steadily been coming out detailing the toxic effects of oxybenzone. These effects are undisputed and universally present.

This is a massive human health crisis.


From the reading of Hawaii’s Senate Bill SB 2571,

“As it relates to human health, these chemicals [oxybenzone & octinoxate] are linked to:

  • Causing breast cancer to become more aggressive

  • Polluting breast milk

  • Causing Hirschprung deformity in newborns and

  • Associated with women’s uterine diseases

  • Threaten male sexual health and

  • Can damage DNA.

  • There’s evidence that oxybenzone is even showing up in our aquifers in our drinking water.”



In fact, oxybenzone cannot be removed by waste water treatment plants, so it is constantly being put back into our waterways.


See the full reading of Senate Bill 2571 in the video below.


There is so much to cover with oxybenzone, that for the past 2 months, we’ve spent every day compiling information and creating an oxybenzone magazine.

Here, we explain the entire oxybenzone story from start to finish.

Why do we use oxybenzone? Why don’t we know more about it? How did it become so widespread?

Why is it so toxic? What are the effects? What is the impact?

We will guide you through everything you must know about oxybenzone, and what you can do to protect yourself, and protect our environment.