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Australian SPF Controversy Heats Up

The New York Times picks up report of discrepancies in SPF value v. label claims.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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The Australian controversy over discrepancies in SPF values has reached the US, following publication of an article in The New York Times. For the past several months, Happi reported on how a watchdog group, Choice, discovered several sunscreens did not provide the level of SPF protection listed on their labels. More recently, the Therapeutic Goods Association raised concerns about the reliability of SPF testing performed by Princeton Consumer Research Corp (PCR Corp), a testing laboratory ba...

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