←back to thread

Over 80% of sunscreen performed below their labelled efficacy (2020)

(www.consumer.org.hk)
230 points mgh2 | 4 comments | 06 Sep 25 19:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.369s | source
Show context
Insanity ◴[06 Sep 25 21:22 UTC] No.45152959[source]▶
Why does it not list the brands? The article is both informative and useless simultaneously
replies(1): >>45153021 #
mgh2 ◴[06 Sep 25 21:28 UTC] No.45153021[source]▶
Avoid (from other 3 articles/studies): Neutrogena, Banana Boat, Bondi Sands, Cancer Council, Aldi, Nivea, Estée Lauder, iPSA, Anessa, Shiseido, Curél, Sofina, Laneige, Dermacept, Bio-Essence, Fancl (Japan), Purito (Korea)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45145624

[2] https://labmuffin.com/purito-sunscreen-and-all-about-spf-tes...

[3] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-04/questions-over-lab-th...

replies(7): >>45153085 #>>45153094 #>>45153355 #>>45153485 #>>45153680 #>>45153747 #>>45153897 #
1. apwell23 ◴[06 Sep 25 22:12 UTC] No.45153355[source]▶
can't belive there a sunscreen brand called cancer council
replies(3): >>45153398 #>>45153434 #>>45153907 #
2. mryall ◴[06 Sep 25 22:17 UTC] No.45153398[source]▶
It’s an Australian charity group that does a lot of cancer prevention and education activities. One part of it is having stores and lines of sun protection products like hats, swimming shirts and sunscreen.

https://www.cancercouncil.com.au/about-us/

3. shitloadofbooks ◴[06 Sep 25 22:22 UTC] No.45153434[source]▶
Cancer Council is an Australian charity which raises funds for cancer research and support.

Buying their products supports them (and you would expect they hold themselves to even higher standards for the effectiveness of their product than a random company).

4. mcdeltat ◴[06 Sep 25 23:40 UTC] No.45153907[source]▶
Yeah because skin cancer is a big fucking deal here mate. No joke if you're light skinned and go outside in the sun for a few hours with no sun protection you will get fucked up