16 December 2020

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Waimea Weekly Locally Owned and Operated

Wednesday 16 December 2020

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Half of NZ sunscreens fail tests Jo Kent Reporter

jo@waimeaweekly.co.nz

As Richmond is officially recognised as New Zealand’s sunniest town with the most sunshine hours recorded in 2019, the results of Consumer NZ’s latest report on sunscreen safety will come as a shock and disappointment to local residents. The consumer watchdog has revealed that 50 per cent of sunscreen products they tested have failed to live up to their promised sun protection factor (SPF). Five of the products inspected provided a lower SPF than what was on the label. Out of those five, two also failed to meet the requirements for making a broad-spectrum protection claim with regards to cancercausing UVA and UVB rays. There is currently no mandatory sunscreen testing standard in New Zealand. And as retail sunscreen is still classified as a cosmetic, it means some products can easily slip through the safety net and not offer consumers the protection they believe they are buying. “This isn’t good enough for a country like ours with the highest rates of skin cancer and melanoma in the world,” says Cancer Society chief executive Lucy Elwood. “We’d like to see New Zealand introduce a regime similar to Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Act. That would reassure New Zealanders that standards for sunscreen meet the same

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Cooper ‘helping’ his dad apply sunscreen. Photo: Jo Kent. The following products failed to meet SPF label claims: Banana Boat Daily Protect Sunscreen Lotion SPF50+; Natural Instinct Invisible Natural Sunscreen SPF30; Sukin Suncare Sheer Touch Facial Sunscreen Untinted SPF30; Le Tan Coconut Lotion SPF50+; and Ecosol Water Shield Sunscreen SPF50+. Full test results are available at consumer.org.nz.

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