Consumer Reports Lathers On More Criticism Of Sunscreen SPF Claims
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The annual bad marks for sunscreen brands SPF claims from Consumer Reports could be due to CR's nonconformity with FDA-prescribed test guidelines or could signal testing failures or other compliance problems in the industry. In any event, companies retest sunscreen formulas to validate their claims.
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