00:00There have been many instances around the globe where consumer advocacy groups found certain
00:05sunscreens to have a lower SPF than advertised by the product. HuffPost confirms in the latest
00:11Consumer Reports annual test on sunscreens, only three of the 71 tested sunscreens were shown to
00:19have their labeled SPF. Despite all of the tested sunscreens being marked as SPF 30 or above,
00:25only 21% were above SPF 30, 40% were below SPF 15. SPF 30 is the level recommended by
00:35dermatologists. Australian-based cosmetic chemist Michelle Wong says, to determine a product's
00:41SPF, typically 10 to 25 subjects are used, as the test requires 10 to 20 valid results with a maximum
00:49of five invalid results. Wong continues, essentially, testing labs keep testing until the results are
00:56consistent enough to determine an SPF. If the results are too inconsistent, they stop. Alongside Dr. Rachel
01:04Ho, a Singapore-based aesthetic physician, Wong agrees with the following, if in doubt of a
01:10sunscreen's claims, I recommend choosing sunscreens from companies that have shared the results of
01:16their lab findings to support their claims.
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