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image credit Toby Lawrence via Unsplash As we relish the warm sun and increased outdoor activity Michael and Tex chat with Heather Walker from SunSmart at Cancer Council Victoria about staying safe this summer. We talk about signs of skin abnormalities and screening for skin cancer, as well as protecting ourselves every day – in a time when outdoor entertainment activity has been widely supported for its COVID safety.
Aerosol sunscreens are putting Australians at a greater risk of sunburn, new research has uncovered. Cancer Council is urging Australians to avoid using aerosol sunscreens off the back of new research conducted by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The research looked at nine different popular aerosol sunscreen products and found it was extremely difficult to get adequate levels of UV protection using them. QUT's research focused on sunscreens from Neutrogena, Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Surf Life Saving and Woolworths. Cancer Council is urging consumers to steer clear of...
Slip, slop, slap, seek, slide has been a key message during Australian summers for generations. The iconic sun protection campaign reminds us to slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat, seek shade and slide on sunnies. But with summer holidays ahead, the Cancer Council has urged Aussies to be cautious about how they slop on their sunscreen, following new research by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The Cancer Council has urged Aussies to be cautious when slopping on their sunscreen.(iStock) The new research shows aerosol sunscreens are putting Aussies at risk of sunbur...
Health by Evin Priest Relying on aerosol sunscreens could be deadly this summer, with a host of dodgy products deemed ineffective by alarming new research, skin cancer experts have warned. Cancer Council has urged Australians against using only aerosol sunscreens to protect themselves after an investigation conducted by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) into nine commercially popular products revealed it was difficult to achieve the actual level of UV protection stated on the can. Spray times required to achieve the UV protection advertise...
Health by Andrew Koubaridis Premium Content Nine popular sun protection products are exposing Australians to sunburn because they take too long to apply to get the right UV protection. The alarming discovery was made by Queensland University of Technology researchers who examined nine commercially available aerosol sunscreen products. Their research showed it could take between 4 to 14 seconds per limb and 29 to 98 seconds for a full body application to get the advertised UV protection. The actual time could be even higher as the tests were done in a ...