
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 21, 1991                   TAG: 9103210575
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-9   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

END TO SALE OF SOME SKIN LOTIONS ASKED

A consumer group today asked the government to halt sales of sunscreens and other cosmetics that contain an ingredient the group said can promote cancerous skin tumors.

The Consumer Federation of America said more than a dozen cosmetic products contain urocanic acid, which it said has the potential in sunlight to promote cancer by suppressing the immune system.

"Ironically, some sunscreen lotions that consumers apply to prevent skin cancer may increase the likelihood of forming cancerous skin tumors," said Mary Ellen Fise, the group's product safety director.

by CNB