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

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230 points mgh2 | 2 comments | 06 Sep 25 19:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.503s | source
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doctorhandshake ◴[07 Sep 25 01:13 UTC] No.45154403[source]▶
Independent lab testing of consumer packaged goods is so important, expensive, unprofitable, and downright risky from a libel standpoint that I dare say it should be the role of government to do it.
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1. pljung ◴[07 Sep 25 01:27 UTC] No.45154503[source]▶
You essentially describe the motivation for Stiftung Warentest [0]. They’re massively successful in Germany, and I rely on their tests for many consumer goods I buy. Access isn’t free though, typically costs around 5EUR per test. Coincidentally, they recently tested sunscreen [1].

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftung_Warentest

[1] https://www.test.de/Test-Sonnencreme-und-Sonnenspray-fuer-Er...

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2. doctorhandshake ◴[07 Sep 25 12:08 UTC] No.45157469[source]▶
In the US I like labdoor.com and examine.com and ewg.org but they’re not nearly what I’d like them to be.

EDIT: to clarify, of the three only labdoor does independent testing