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The sunscreen scandal shocking Australia - the world's skin cancer capital (www.bbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/fitness@lemmy.world

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The actual investigation

https://www.choice.com.au/health-and-body/beauty-and-personal-care/skin-care-and-cosmetics/review-and-compare/sunscreen

Also fucking hell. Claiming 50+ but gets a 4

After the Ultra Violette product returned an SPF of 4 when tested at the Sydney lab, we sent a different batch of this product to an accredited, specialised laboratory in Germany, the Normec Schrader Institute, for a validation test. The validation test returned an SPF of 5.

[–] BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interesting to see that companies which pass in the chemical filter category fail in the mineral filter part. For example, in the link you posted Neutrogena's chemical filter has measured SPF of 52 but their "SPF50+" zinc version is actually in the 20s

[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

It seems like all the zinc oxide mineral sunscreens have significantly lower spfs than stated.