# A Survey of UV Filters Used in Sunscreen Cosmetics
## 2 Results
### Types of UV Filters and Their Frequency of Use in Preparations
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**Percentage** & **for Children** & & **for Adults** \\ \hline  & & 1. Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane & \\  & 1. Bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol & & (BMBM; Avobenzene) & 56.0\% \\  & methoxy-phenyl triazine (BEMT; & 60.0\% & 2. Bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol & 54.7\% \\ \(>\)40\% & Tinosorb S) & 52.0\% & methoxy-phenyl triazine (BEMT; & 54.7\% \\  & 2. Ethylhexyl triazone (EHT) & 46.0\% & Tinosorb S) & 54.7\% \\  & 3. Ethylhexyl salicate (EHS) & & 3. Ethylhexyl salicate (EHS) & 50.0\% \\  & & & 4. Ethylhexyl triazone (EHT) & \\ \hline  & 4. Dieethylamino hydroxybenzoyl & & 5. Dieethylamino hydroxybenzoyl & \\  & hexyl benzoate (DHHB) & & hexyl benzoate (DHHB) & \\  & 5. Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane & & 38.0\% \\  & (BMBM; Avobenzene) & & 6. Octoberylene (OC) & 36.7\% \\  & 6. Titanium dioxide (TiO\({}_{2}\)) & 28.0\% & 7. Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate & 24.0\% \\  & 7. Octoberylene (OC) & & 22.0\% & 8. Phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid & 22.7\% \\  & 8. Titanium dioxide (nano) & & (PBSA) & \\  & & & & \\  & & & \\  & & & & \\  & & & \\ \end{tabular}
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Table 1: A profile of the most frequently used UV filters in the analyzed cosmetics. Figure 2: Frequency of use of UV filters in adult sunscreen products (n = 150). 1. Titanium dioxide; 2. Titanium dioxide (nano); 3. Zinc oxide; 4. Zinc oxide (nano); 5. Ethylhexyl dimethyl PABA; 6. Ethylhexyl salicate (EHS); 7. Homosalate; 8. Octoberylene (OC); 9. Ethylhexylril methoxycinnamate (EHMC); 10. Isoamyl p-methoxycinnamate; 11. Terephthalallyadiene dicamphor sulfonic acid; 12. 4-Methylbenzylidene camphor; 13. Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl1 hexyl benzoate (DHHB); 14. Benzophenone-3; 15. Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane (BMBM; Avobenzene); 16. Phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid (PBSA); 17. Methylene bis-benzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol (nano); 18. Drometrizole trisiloxane; 19. Methylene bis-benzotrirazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol; 20. Bisethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine (BEMT; Tinosorb S); 21. Ethylhexyl triazone (EHT); 22. Diethylhexyl butamino tria one; 23. Tris-biphenyl triazine (nano); 24. Polysililicone-15. isoamyl p-methoxycinnamate, terephthalalylidene dicamphor sulfonic acid, methylene bisbenzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol, and tris-biphenyl triazine (nano). For adults, these included zinc oxide, zinc oxide (nano), ethylhexyl dimethyl PABA, terephthalalylidene dicamphor sulfonic acid, 4-methylbenzylidene camphor, benzophenone-3, methylen bisbenzotriazolyl tetramethylbutylphenol, and polysilicone-15. Approximately 30% of the UV filters listed in Annex VI of the Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products were not used in any of the tested sunscreen preparations: benzalkonium methosulfate, benzylidene camphor sulfonic acid, polyacrylamidomethyl benzylidene camphor, PEG-25 PABA, benzophenone-4, benzophenone-5, disodium phenyl dibenzimidazole tetrasulfonate, phenylene bis-diphenyltriazine, methoxypropylamino cyclohexenylidene ethoxyethylcyanoacetate, bis-(diethylaminohydroxybenzoylyl benzoyl) piperazine, bis-(diethylaminohydroxybenzoylyl benzoyl) piperazine (nano), and tris-biphenyl triazine (non-nano form).