Summary
We all know that sunscreen helps to protect our skin from the sun?s burning rays, but are you sure you?re using the right one? Do you struggle to untangle the UVAs from the UVBs, and the SPFs from the star-ratings?
Greg Foot talks to Antonia Mariconda, beauty writer and founder of the Safety in Beauty Campaign, who knows just how baffled consumers are.
On hand to decode the sunscreen labelling is Dermatologist, Dr Andrew Birnie, from East Kent Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust. Common claims, such as ?waterproof? and ?reef safe? are also put through the evidence mill.
Producer: Beth Eastwood
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| 0:39.6 | Welcome to The Best Things Since Slice Bread, a podcast from BBC Radio 4 that searches for the facts behind the fads. |
| 0:46.5 | I'm Greg Foote and my bunk-busting mission to separate genuine product claims from advertising hype continues. |
| 0:53.8 | Today, we're looking at sunscreen, and as usual, we'd be pulling out one or two specific |
| 0:58.5 | product claims, such as waterproof and reef safe, to ask if they really are the best thing |
| 1:02.6 | since sliced bread or just marketing BS. Plus, we're going to be helping unravel the differences |
| 1:06.8 | between UVA, UVB, SPF, star ratings, so that you can get the protection you need when the |
| 1:12.7 | sun comes out and when we all get to go outside and enjoy it. |
| 1:18.0 | If you've got something that you'd like us to dig up the evidence for, if you'd just like |
| 1:21.2 | to join the conversation, use hashtag BBC sliced bread, and I'm at Gregford on Twitter. |
| 1:26.6 | And I've got two guests to help me run these through |
| 1:28.7 | the evidence mill today. The first is Antonia Mariconda, a beauty writer and founder of the |
| 1:34.7 | Safety in Beauty campaign to create a safer and more transparent industry for consumers. |
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