While I’m still working my way through the stash of sunscreens I bought in Europe and Asia during recent travels, I am nonetheless stoked that US formulas are finally catching up to their superior foreign counterparts. A quick recap for context: This past June, the Food and Drug Administration approved its first new sunscreen ingredient in over 25 years, a chemical filter called Bemotrizinol, or BEMT for short. It’s a standard part of most SPFs abroad, valued for its stability when…

