Weekly consumer tips

• Both UVA and UVB rays may cause skin cancers. • Protection against the harmful rays of the sun may be achieved through clothing, sunglasses, parasols and skin creams. Look out for the UVA logo on sunscreen products. • Besides the SPF, there should...

• Both UVA and UVB rays may cause skin cancers.

• Protection against the harmful rays of the sun may be achieved through clothing, sunglasses, parasols and skin creams. Look out for the UVA logo on sunscreen products.

• Besides the SPF, there should also be verbal descriptors ‘low’, ‘medium’, ‘high’, and ‘very high’.

• The use of such terms as ‘sunblock’ and ‘total protection’ are considered misleading and therefore prohibited.

• No sunscreen product can provide full protection against UV radiation.

• The correct application of the product is just as important as the choice of product.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.