Kiwis having fun in the sun shouldn’t have to feel the burn from suspect sunscreens. That’s the NZ Medical Association’s call to lawmakers considering the Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill. NZMA incoming Chair Dr Alistair Humphrey says New .
Kiwis having fun in the sun shouldn’t have to feel the burn from suspect sunscreens.
That’s the NZ Medical Association’s call to lawmakers considering the Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill.
NZMA Chair Dr Alistair Humphrey says New Zealanders need to know the sunscreen they’re applying to themselves and family members is safe.
“Sunscreen needs to do what it says on the bottle,” Dr Humphrey says. “Recent experience indicates that’s not always the case.”
In 2020,seven of 12 sunscreens tested by Consumer NZ failed to meet their SPF label claim, while three of the seven failed the requirements for broad-spectrum protection.
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Slap a mandatory safety standard on sunscreens
Kiwis having fun in the sun shouldn’t have to feel the burn from suspect sunscreens.
That’s the NZ Medical Association’s call to lawmakers considering the Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill.
NZMA Chair Dr Alistair Humphrey says New Zealanders need to know the sunscreen they’re applying to themselves and family members is safe.
“Sunscreen needs to do what it says on the bottle,” Dr Humphrey says. “Recent experience indicates that’s not always the case.”
In 2020,seven of 12 sunscreens tested by Consumer NZ failed to meet their SPF label claim, while three of the seven failed the requirements for broad-spectrum protection.
Friday, 9 April 2021, 1:45 pm
The Cancer Society of New Zealand notes National Party MP
Todd Muller s Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill has
passed its first reading and has been referred to Select
Committee. Australia and New Zealand have the highest
skin cancer incidence and mortality in the world, says
Chief Executive Lucy Elwood.
Todd Muller s members
bill, if passed, would require the Minister of Commerce and
Consumer Affairs to recommend setting mandatory regulation
under section 29 of the Fair Trading Act 1986 prescribing a
product safety standard for sunscreen products.
The
Cancer Society supports Muller s call for better standards
and regulations around sunscreen manufacturers Sun
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