Organic ultraviolet (UV) filter chemicals are commonly found as active ingredients in personal care products that protect the skin from UV light, which can cause permanent damage to dermal tissue such as DNA damage and skin cancer. While many organic UV filter chemicals undergo a transformation when exposed to light, some of these transformations can yield toxic photoproducts that pose a health risk to humans. While the sunscreens used today are regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through awarding or denying Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective (GRASE) status to specific organic UV filter chemicals, it is not required that manufacturers conduct photostability testing and therefore very little testing has been done. Octyldimethyl para-aminobenzoic acid (OD-PABA) is an organic UV filter chemical that has often been used in the past in the formulations of many personal care products, including but not limited to shampoos, creams, sprays, oils, cosmetics, and most commonly sunscreens. However, as of Sept. 2021, OD-PABA is among those organic UV filter chemicals that have been denied GRASE status by the FDA due to lack of research to prove that they are safe and effective for people to use. Research has been conducted to determine that OD-PABA degrades and forms four main photoproducts when exposed to sunlight. While research focused on the kinetics of the photoproducts has determined that most of the photoproducts themselves degrade upon prolonged sunlight exposure, one photoproduct remains stable after twenty four hours of exposure. Additionally, research has been done in collaboration with the Khetan Lab in order to determine the cellular toxicities of OD-PABA and its photoproducts. Ongoing research is focused on separating the four photoproducts and determining their structures in the hopes that uncovering the structures will lead to a better understanding of the photoproducts’ functions and provide evidence for a possible reconsideration of OD-PABA’s GRASE status.