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

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230 points mgh2 | 1 comments | 06 Sep 25 19:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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
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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...

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apwell23 ◴[06 Sep 25 22:12 UTC] No.45153355[source]▶
can't belive there a sunscreen brand called cancer council
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1. shitloadofbooks ◴[06 Sep 25 22:22 UTC] No.45153434{3}[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).