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Avoid the burn
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Avoid the burn
Applying suncream
A chemist chain recently decided to stop selling sunscreens below factor 15. It made the decision in response to mounting concern that they failed to offer sufficient protection against the sun's most dangerous ultra-violet rays.

Have you ever wondered how good sun creams are at stopping you from burning?

You might like to …
  • Compare the effectiveness of different factors of sun cream
  • Compare the effectiveness of different brands and find out which are the most popular
  • Find out about the ingredients in sun cream and sun block and what they do.
Further links:
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/suntans?OpenDocument&Highlight=2,sunscreen
 
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