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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

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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1. ikr678 ◴[06 Sep 25 23:38 UTC] No.45153897[source]▶

>>45153021 #

Also, it's not specific brands, its specific product lines. Some of these brands make performant sunscreen, and then will have a variant (say, 'sport waterproof 12hr' or 'spray on') which underperforms.

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