Australia sunscreen scandal grows as more products pulled off shelves (BBC News)

[Grey Havoc]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62qdje2ll4o

 

[Halcyon66]

Been on ABC and most of the news stattions, pretty shocking.

https://www.tga.gov.au/safety/about...le-sunscreens-recall-lower-claimed-spf-levels
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ling-short-of-spf-claims-drug-regulator-finds
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article...eens-are-failing-to-meet-spf-rating/u7ietpzcd
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-30/sunscreen-spf-consumer-protection-base-formula/105711012
One SPF 50+ after testing actually had a 4 level.

Regards,

 

[Halcyon66]

Former employees of sunscreen testing lab Princeton Consumer Research blow whistle on alleged questionable practices

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/aust...S&cvid=68ddf1c3d29f4c038880817dc8c5cd2f&ei=24
Regards,

 

[Scott Kenny]

As a redhead, this scares me.

 

[southwestforests]

One SPF 50+ after testing actually had a 4 level.

That's, oh, let's call it, just a hair off nominal.

Julie is from Australia, will send her a link to this page.

 

[Bounce]

I still find it crazy how we're now at either 1 in 2 or 1 in 3 people will develop skin cancer at some point, it seems at my work every other month someone is getting something cut out.