Sunscreen history shows gradual science evolution with visible light protection with UVA and UVB now important
Writing in Cosmetic Dermatology, researchers from the UK’s Hull York Medical School and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust conducted a literature review on the history of sunscreen to provide an updated view of a global market set to soar to €20.3bn ($24.4bn) by 2029. Beyond UVA and UVB photoprotection into visible light The researchers said that since 4000BC, humankind had found ways to provide photoprotection, including rice, jasmine and lupine extracts used by the Egyptians and oil and sand blends used in ancient Greece. But it was only in the last century t...
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