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Paper: Testing Finds Sunscreens ‘Underperforming’ on SPF

Published in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, authors from EWG tested 51 commercial sunscreens.

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By: Christine Esposito

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The journal Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine has published online a new paper in which scientists at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) sent 51 sunscreens to a laboratory and found that most significantly underperformed the SPF on their labels. The sunscreens were labeled as having SPF values from 15 to 110.   The testing was designed to evaluate the ultraviolet (UV) protection offered by common sunscreen products on the US market using laboratory-measured UV-absorption ...

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