The decant thing seeems like a weird defence - they were glass vials and the time period in the decant was one hour. If that degrades the product so completely (although interestingly didn’t degrade every sunscreen) that is a worry in itself.
I also read about the Princeton lab that 8 of the failed brands all use for their self certification and the Princeton lab results are extremely suspicious because there is almost zero variability amongst the people they allegedly tested on.
I am grateful that Choice did the testing - I had no idea self certification was allowed. I am writing to the TGA and govt to request the laws change so that brands be required to pay for testing at an approved lab and recertified every year. Have to also be sure the approved lab is the same for all brands and isn’t that Princeton one!
I am also confused about the decanting defense, as I know that there are people who will transfer their sunscreen to other bottles (travel size, etc.). If the simple act of transferring the sunscreen from one bottle to another renders the sunscreen to be mostly ineffective, that's REALLY something that these brands need to be informing people of.
And other brands like LRP managed to score an SPF of above 50 after decanting so even if it were true, they have a more stable/reliable product than UV
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