Consumer Reports To Alert FDA: Half Of Sunscreens Perform Short Of SPF Claims
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The Personal Care Products Council continues to question Consumer Reports' methods for testing products' SPF levels, which may not be consistent with FDA standards. Over the four years that CR has been putting sunscreens to the test, 48% have failed to meet claimed SPFs, with mineral sunscreens testing as particularly unreliable, the magazine says.
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