A popular sunscreen does not work, which means that consumers may run the risk of skin cancer, according to a report.
Consumer champion which one? 15 Sun brots tested from boots, garnish and nivea, as well as alternatives to the brand, and saw surprising results.
While a £ 2.99 supermarket-owning sun protection has passed the strict testing process, a favorite of £ 28 brand standards could not reach.
As a result, the consumer body warned that users may not be sufficiently protected against the ultraviolet (UV) rays of the sun – so that they run the risk of cancer.
Ultrasun Family SPF30, sold by some of the greatest high street retailers and costs £ 28, marks itself as ‘perfect for the whole family’ and ‘especially suitable for children with sensitive skin’.
But the cream failed two separate tests that have measured his sun protection factor -or SPF and UV protection.
To try the creams, scientists brought a small amount on the back of volunteers before they shed a lamp on the patch to simulate the rays of the sun.
The time needed to turn the skin red was then measured.
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Ultrasun Family SPF30 (left), sold by some of the greatest high street retailers, marks itself as ‘perfect for the whole family’ and ‘especially suitable for children with sensitive skin’. Another sunscreen that appeared on the list Don’t Buy was Morrison’s moisturating sun spray SPF30 – £ 3.75 per bottle
In another test, scientists took a sample of the cream and spread it on a glass plate to immediately measure UV’s absorption.
To pass, the sunscreen had to provide at least one third of the claimed SPF.
SPF is measurement of the duration that you can be in the sun before you are burned.
For example, a sunscreen with an SPF of 30 takes 30 times longer to damage your skin compared to no protection at all.
If a product has not shown the level of SPF that it claimed to have on its first test, which one? repeated the test. If it passed the second time, a third test was done.
Any product that was neither tests in general, was, labeled a ‘don’t buy’ by which?.
Natalie Hitchins, which one? The head of the home products and services warned shoppers to pay attention to these products, because they will not guarantee protecting as expected.
“It is really worrying that generally available sunscreen can endanger families by not offering the level of sun protection on the package,” she said.
Alternatives that have passed the test, however, include Aldi’s Lacura -sensitive Sun Lotion SPF50+ – which only costs £ 2.99 and proved to protect the skin against both UVA and UVB rays, as claimed. Just like Lidl’s Cien Sun Spray 30SPF High – for just £ 3.79
“Our results prove that it is not necessary to splash to keep you and your loved ones safely in the sun, because we have found other cheap and reliable options.”
A spokesperson from Ultrasun told which? The brand was full of faith in its test protocols and that this violation -industrial standards, adding: ‘As an independent brand that delivers very high UVB and UVA protection options for more than 30 years, our detailed test processes, independent and peer reviewed, not only meet industrial standards. Our chosen test protocol is one of the strictest available.
‘Further details and clarification of which? Their test protocols would also be useful, especially about how they resulted in two different results of the same monster. We definitively support the results of our independent tests that discovered that the Ultrasun Family SPF30 reached a UVB-SPF in VIVO from 31.4 and a UVA-PF in Vitro of 13.1 that corresponds to a 92 percent UVA absorption. The UvA absorption is calculated by the Formula 1 (1/UVA-PF). ‘
Another sunscreen that this year got on the list of this year was Morrisons Moisturing Sun Spray SPF30, priced at £ 3.75 per bottle.
Morrisons says that it looks closely at the data and cooperates with his supplier to perform extra independent tests.
Sunbires that have passed which? Test included Aldi’s Lacura -sensitive Sun Lotion SPF50+, which only costs £ 2.99.
For only £ 1.50 per 100 ml, did it also earn a which one? Great value badge.
Lidl’s Cien Sun Sun Sun Spray 30SPF High (£ 3.79) Boot’s Soltan Protect & Moisturise SunCare SPF30 (£ 5.50) NIVEA’s Sun Protect and Moisture Lotion SPF30 (£ 7.90) and Sainsbury’s Sun Proture SPF30.
The destructive report comes days after Kelsey Parker, 34, came under fire because she admits that she has not placed a sunscreen on her children.
Boot’s Soltan Protect & Moisturise SunCare SPF30 – £ 5.50 – also well executed
The podcast -hostheer claimed daughter Aurelia, five, and son Bodhi, four, ‘Don’t Burn’ and that the use of sunscreen ’causes skin cancer’.
The father of the children, the wanted star Tom Parker, died tragic of brain cancer in 2022.
Speaking in the last episode of her mother The Word! Podcast about ‘The Secret World of Parenting’, Mrs. Parker confessed that she chooses to keep her children out of the sun instead of using SPF to protect them.
She added that instead she makes ‘organic’ sunscreen for UV protection.
“It’s bad for you – that sunscreen,” she said. “My children don’t wear a sun cream.
‘The only thing I can put on them is a biological sun cream.
‘My children, we went on vacation, I never put sunscreen on it and they don’t burn.
“I never wore sunscreen, sunscreen causes skin cancer.”
“Suncream is so bad,” said Mrs. Parker, depicted with her two children, adding that she grew up that she “never wore sunscreen in the past, sunscreen causes skin cancer”
To the big shock of listeners, the mother of two confessed when she chooses to keep her children out of the sun instead of using SPF to protect them
Since making the controversial comments, the expectant mother has been radiated by listeners, who have accused her of spreading the dangerous wrong information.
A listener wrote on social media: ‘This is really dangerous to distribute this information. Please investigate. ‘
“This is insane and so unsafe. It is so harmful, burning does not indicate damage in the sun, it can literally kill them. Wow, “said a second.
A third closed the ‘dangerous advice’, while a fourth called the resignation of conventional sun cream ‘irresponsible’.
Experts say there is no evidence that sunscreen causes cancer in humans.
Dr. BAV SHERGILL A Consultant -Dermatologist in the Queen Victoria Hospital, London and spokesperson for the British Association or Dermatologists, previously told MailOnline: ‘Sun bands are a safe and effective way to protect your skin against burning and other forms of sun damage.
“Millions of people have used sunscreen for many decades, so that we can have faith in their safety profile.”
Studies have long shown that sun creams can contain both mineral and chemical UV filters.
Signs of skin cancer vary from harmless to obvious, but experts warn that treating cases early is the key to ensure
Mineral UV filters mainly remain on the surface of the skin and form a physical barrier to bend UV rays before they penetrate your skin.
Meanwhile, chemical UV filters absorb UV light and convert it into heat energy.
They are not only used in solar creams, they can also be added to other products for personal care, such as moisturizing creams.
Some studies into animals, mainly mice, has indicated that many commonly used chemical UV filters in large quantities of endocrine -disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can be – chemicals that interfer hormones – such as simulating natural estrogen found in our body.
Lifelong exposure to estrogen is an established risk factor for cancers, including chest.
But no research into people has supported this.
From without sunscreen it has been shown that it immediately increases the risk of developing skin cancer.
About 15,000 people in the UK are diagnosed every year with melanoma – the fifth most common cancer of the UK – with the incidence that rises faster than other normal cancer.
A recent study by Cancer Research UK warned that an alarming 87 percent of melanoma cases, the equivalent of 17,100 in the UK, is caused every year by excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation, either directly from the sun or sun beds – what they could avoid.
This is because increased UV exposure can damage the DNA in skin cells, which activates mutations that become cancer -like.
From here the cancer can spread to the blood vessels under the skin, enter the bloodstream and spread through the body.
Last year the rates of the cancer reached a record high in the United Kingdom, with new diagnoses that increase almost a third in just a decade, according to the charity.
According to the NHS website, people must apply sunscreen to prevent burning and at least factor of 30 ‘.
‘Sunscreen increases your risk of skin cancer. Sunscreen does not only happen on vacation. You can burn in the UK, even if it is cloudy, “the site reads.
The Health Service also recommends avoiding the sun when it is at its strongest, between 11 am and 3 pm from March to November and to hide with suitable clothing and sunglasses.
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