Experts vet the safest and most effective sunscreens for 2026

Alexa Friedman, a senior scientist at EWG.

“In 2010, about 40% of products contained retinal palmitate,” Friedman said. “Today that’s dropped down to 3%, which is good news for consumers.”

Of the 550 products recommended by EWG, 497 are predominantly made from minerals that sit on the skin and physically deflect and block the sun’s rays. Because they continue reading …