Continuing a series of article about Skin Care & Health, this article is addressing FDA guidelines, Sun Protection strategy and the toxic chemicals in Sun Block that you need to avoid. If you have skin and step into the sunlight at any time, you should read it and recommend it to a friend. I have been doing extensive research into sunblock and the news is shocking. Basically, it is a twisted maze of misleading information and false security. Can you depend on the FDA to protect you? Yes and No. The Food and Drug Administration first issued draft sunscreen regulations in 1978. In 2007, the FDA began working on legislation to update those guidelines. May 2011, we are still waiting for finalization of the new rules on sunscreen regulations. When published the new rules won't take effect for one year or until 2012. Once the legislation is passed it is predicted 90% of sunscreen products will be pulled off shelf within one year. The rule will require all sunscreens to provide information on the label regarding protection against UVA rays in addition to UVB rays. Currently, sunscreen labels are only required to carry “Sunburn Protection Factor” (SPF) value that informs potential users how well the product protects against UVB rays. Most of these sunscreens fail to offer adequate protection against UVA rays, which penetrate deeper than UVB rays, causing skin cancer, premature aging and wrinkles. These misleading labels mean that consumers think they are protecting themselves from the sun, when they are actually completely exposed to the