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Global / Regional Comparisons articles.

Every Global / Regional Comparisons article on the blog — sourced, science-led, zero hype.

Global 30 Apr 2025 EU Bans 4-MBC in 2025 — Korea Still Allows It. Why? Two trusted regulators looked at the same UV filter and reached opposite conclusions — here's why the EU pulled 4-MBC while Korea kept it. Read article →
Global 26 Apr 2025 Bemotrizinol: The First New US Sunscreen Filter in 20+ Years A broad-spectrum filter Europe and Asia have used for decades is finally cleared for the US — here's what bemotrizinol does and why it took so long. Read article →
Global 15 Apr 2025 Australia's 2025 Sunscreen Review Echoes the EU on Old Filters It's not just Europe — in 2025 Australia put the same legacy chemical filters under the microscope, and the verdicts are converging. Read article →
Global 11 Apr 2025 Drug vs. Cosmetic: Why US Sunscreen Rules Differ From Korea and Europe The reason foreign sunscreens can't just appear on US shelves comes down to one word: drug. Read article →
Global 10 Apr 2025 Why Americans Are Panic-Hoarding Korean Sunscreen in 2025 Those 'buy it before it's gone' posts about Korean SPF aren't pure hype — here's what FDA rules really mean for the formula you love. Read article →
Global 26 Mar 2025 Why the US Has Only 16 Sunscreen Filters While Europe Has ~30 Even after the FDA approved bemotrizinol in 2026, US formulators can use just 16 UV filters versus roughly 30 in Europe — here's why American sunscreen feels behind. Read article →
Global 05 Mar 2025 2025 Was the 4th-Warmest Year on Record. Your Sunscreen Routine Should Notice. With Utah and Nevada setting all-time temperature records, daily sun protection is shifting from a beach habit to a year-round one across the high-UV Mountain West. Read article →
Global 22 Feb 2025 Palau's Sunscreen Ban: 10 Ingredients Tourists Get Caught With Palau will confiscate your sunscreen at the border, and its banned-ingredient list is far longer than Hawaii's. Read article →
Global 11 Feb 2025 Maui's All-Mineral Sunscreen Rule: What's Banned and the $1,000 Fine Hawaii's state ban covers two chemicals — but Maui bans every chemical sunscreen, and getting it wrong can cost you a fine. Read article →
Global 01 Feb 2025 The EU's 2025 Sunscreen Compliance Calendar, Decoded Why your favorite European sunscreen quietly reformulated in 2025 — a plain-English timeline of the year's UV-filter deadlines. Read article →
Global 26 Jan 2025 Japan's Sun-Care Boom: How Daily High-PA SPF Became a Skincare Step In Japan, sunscreen is not a beach product but a daily skincare step, and the market data reveals the habit the rest of the world is now copying. Read article →
Global 07 Jan 2025 Europe's 2025 UV-Filter Toolbox vs. America's: ~30 Filters Against an Old US List Why does European and Korean sunscreen feel so much nicer? A lot of it comes down to how many UV filters each market actually allows. Read article →