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The one rule

We never blend a score that hides who disagrees. Funding model travels with every rating. Weights are computed at read time and never stored.

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Birch Mild-Up Sunscreen UVLock SPF 50+ Broad Spectrum
Round Lab

Birch Mild-Up Sunscreen UVLock SPF 50+ Broad Spectrum

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Your composite

77OUT OF 100Good

range 73–86

76▲▼ split
Safety
78
Eco
—
Labor
—
Pkg

Why this score

26-point split

90

Scan

68

Precautionary

94

Tolerance

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Flags

No ingredient flags.

Raters split

Ingredient safety

A 26-point gap between the two loudest voices.

68Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependent
vs
94Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent
050100
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Cleaner options

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Same category, ranked by ingredient safety, never by affiliate payout.

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Every rater, every axis

Ingredient safety

Split · 26 pts apart
  • Greenlens Ingredient ScanIndependentunverified match
    90
  • Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependentunverified match
    94
  • Greenlens Precautionary ScreenIndependentunverified match
    68
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate ListGovernmentunverified match
    80

Lowest 68 · highest 94 · gap 26

Also screened — no listing found

  • Health Canada Ingredient Hotlist
  • US NTP Report on Carcinogens
  • California Proposition 65
  • IARC Monographs
  • ANSES Endocrine Disruptors
  • EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)

Environmental

  • EU Microplastics RestrictionGovernmentunverified match
    78

Coverage & match quality

5 ratings · 2 of 4 axes

  • Some ratings rest on an automatic match that has not been human-reviewed.
  • Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

no black box

How this score is built

We don't rate products ourselves. We collect what each public rater already says, put every scale on common ground, and keep the disagreements visible instead of averaging them away.

  1. 1

    Collect each rater's own score

    Every source keeps its native verdict for this product. We never invent a score for an axis a source didn't measure.

  2. 2

    Normalize to 0–100, higher = better

    Raters can use different scales and directions: some where a low number means safe, some where a high one does. We map them all onto one 0–100 axis and flip the ones that run backwards so the numbers are finally comparable.

  3. 3

    Average per axis, but keep the spread

    Scores on the same axis become one representative number (their mean). When raters split by 20+ points we flag it and keep every rater's number. A disagreement is never blended into silence.

  4. 4

    Your weights make the overall

    The ring is the weighted average of the four pillars using your weights. It's computed fresh every time and never stored, so there's no hidden “objective” default.

worked example · Ingredient safety

  • Greenlens Ingredient Scan90 on 0–100→90
  • Greenlens Tolerance Screen94 on 0–100→94
  • Greenlens Precautionary Screen68 on 0–100→68
  • ECHA SVHC Candidate List80 on 0–100→80
Average of 90 · 94 · 68 · 80pillar76

Raters split here, so this 76 is a midpoint, not a consensus. The spread stays on the “every rater” list above.

Why the safety score

Greenlens Ingredient Scan

Independent · EU regulatory reference

90/100

Flagged 1 of 27 ingredients: 1 restricted.

  • Pinus sylvestris oil and extractEU Cosmetics Regulation Annex III (restricted)−10

Starts at 100; 26 other ingredients carried no recognized regulated hazard. Absence of a flag means no regulated hazard was recognized — not proof of safety. This is one lens; see where raters disagree above.

Why this score

Every ingredient, under all three lenses

The Scan is one opinion. The strict and lenient lenses read the same list and land 26 points apart. See what each one flags, and what it costs.

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Weighted by what you care about

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Laborno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

Packagingno rating

No rater covers this axis for this product, so its weight can't move the score.

0 means ignored. Higher = more weight in your composite.

Ingredients, decoded

Data availability

Robust·25 of 27 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 25 of 27 listed ingredients; 2 are uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.

Every listed ingredient: its function, where our safety lists land, and whether our sources have data on it.
IngredientWhat it doesSafetyData
Hydrating Soothing UV Protection WATER→—Not in our sourcesNo data
ZINC OXIDE→uv filteruv absorbercolorantuv filteruv absorbercolorantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
ISODODECANE→perfumingemollientsolventperfumingemollientsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
CAPRYLYL METHICONE→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
POLYGLYCERY-3 POLYDIMETHYLSILFOXYETHYL DIMETHICONE→—Not in our sourcesNo data
METHYL TRIMETHICONE→hair conditioningskin conditioningsolventhair conditioningskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE→light stabilizerviscosity controllinglight stabilizerviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
SODIUM HYALURONATE→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
HYALURONIC ACID→humectantantistaticmoisturisinghumectantantistaticmoisturisingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
BETULA PLATYPHYLLA JAPONICA JUICE→skin conditioningskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ARTEMISIA ANNUA EXTRACT→fragrancefragranceNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
METHYL METHACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER→film formingfilm forming4/10EU microplastics-restricted· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
GLYCERIN→perfuminghumectantdenaturantperfuminghumectantdenaturantNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
BUTYLENE GLYCOL→fragrancehumectantskin conditioningfragrancehumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
PROPANEDIOL→solventviscosity controllingsolventviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
GLYCERYL GLUCOSIDE→humectantskin conditioninghumectantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
MAGNESIUM SULFATE→bulkingviscosity controllingbulkingviscosity controllingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE→bindingbindingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ANTHEMIS NOBILIS FLOWER OIL→perfumingfragranceskin conditioningperfumingfragranceskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
PINUS SYLVESTRIS LEAF OIL→fragrancefragrance4/10EU-restricted (with limits)· flagged by 2 of 9raters disagreeReferenced
SACCHAROMYCES FERMENT FILTRATE→humectanthumectantNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN→deodorantskin conditioningdeodorantskin conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
CAPRYLYL GLYCOL→emollientdeodoranthair conditioningemollientdeodoranthair conditioningNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
GLYCERYL CAPRYLATE→emollientsurfactant - emulsifyingemollientsurfactant - emulsifyingNo flags in our sourcesWell-characterized
BUTYLOCTYL SALICYLATE→hair conditioningskin conditioningsolventhair conditioningskin conditioningsolventNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE→opacifyingopacifyingNo flags in our sourcesCosIng-catalogued
CYCLOHEXASILOXANE→emollienthair conditioningskin conditioningemollienthair conditioningskin conditioning4/10Persistent / bioaccumulative· flagged by 1 of 9raters disagreeReferenced