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In recent years it has become possible to create high quality elegant and high SPF sun protection products using physical sun blockers actives such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. In the short period of time that these products have been available we have come to rely on this 'invisible' protection believing it to be more environmentally responsible, safer (for us than chemical filters) and more natural - a physical barrier rather than a mini-chemical reaction. However, one of the key scientific advancements that made this technology possible has its self come under the microscope as a potential risk to both the environment and our health. What we are talking about are nanoparticles or microscopically tiny little particles which can be as small as one millionth of a millimetre to 100 times that large (which is still very tiny).