Alarming test results hushed up to protect manufacturers and international standards kept secret while questionable local products remain on shelves.

Tests commissioned by the National Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) have indicated that most South African-manufactured sunscreen products are “not optimal” in providing protection from the UVA rays of the sun – once thought harmless but now known to cause melanoma, one of the most serious forms of skin cancer

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