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August 7, 2009

Take a look at the sunscreen guide from eco group

We're well in to summer, so forgive the lateness. But the Environmental Working Group has put together a guide to help consumers pick better sunscreens. The group's investigation of 1,651 sunscreens found that three of five brand name products either don't protect skin from sun damage or contain hazardous chemicals.

The group looks at sunscreens for beach, daily moisterizers and lip balm. Some of the best known brands don't get the highest ratings here.

Soleo, Badger and Truekid got the bets marks.

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Tim Wheeler reports on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, he has focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, he's crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. He loves seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. He hopes to share some here.

Contributor Christy Zuccarini has been blogging about the local DIY craft scene for a year for Baltimoresun.com. She brings her pespective on all things handmade to B'More Green, where she will highlight projects you can do yourself as well as crafters who are integrating sustainable methods and materials.

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