Key message:
The aim of the scoping review is to systematically map the available literature to provide an overview of research on environmental effects related to sunscreen ingredients.
Concerns have been raised regarding potential effects of sunscreen ingredients on the environment. To get an overview of the research on this broad and diverse topic, a scoping review of systematic reviews is performed.
A protocol for the scoping review is prepared. The scoping review is scheduled for publication December 2020.
The Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) has self-initiated this project.
The members of the project group:
Camilla Svendsen – Chair of the project group and member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food and Cosmetics
Eva Marie-Louise Denison – external member of the project group
Tove Gulbrandsen Devold - Member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics.
Jens Rohloff - Member of the project group and member of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics
Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr – VKM secretariat
Jostein Starrfelt – VKM secretariat
Gro Haarklou Mathisen – Project leader, VKM secretariat
Contact
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
