Squalene: How Sharks are Killed to Extract this Oil from Their Liver to Make Daily Products and Supplements - One Green Planet

Excited to share a fantastic One Green Planet piece about the supply chain issues surrounding squalene sourcing as well as misleading labelling, and our new partnership with Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) society to spring clean for sharks... by Shark Allies campaign researcher Josh Soll! ⁠

“Have you ever found yourself reading product labels before making a purchase? This is a great practice, but strange chemical compounds and other ingredients typically absent from everyday language may affect the transparency of ingredients in products that you use. The same goes for squalene. If you find squalene in the ingredient list of your favorite lipstick or sunscreen, for example, chances are that the source of the squalene is not listed. This means that for the consumer, it is not easy to know if the squalene was harvested sustainably, came from non-threatened shark species, or was non-shark-derived. The same goes for ‘squalane,’ the hydrogenated form of squalene, which does not necessarily represent squalene from a non-shark-derived source.”