A scandal has erupted in Australia with well -known sunscreen that has proven to have provided sufficient protection, while the country has the tragic first in skin cancer.

Rach, like many Australians, grew up with the fear of the sun. Since her childhood there was a rule in schools, “if you don’t wear a hat, you won’t play outside”, and advertisements of the 1990s warned that the sun is causing cancer. So, sunscreen always existed, at every door of the house.

The 34 -year -old followed the rules for sun protection with reverence. He was regular sunscreen on the day while rarely going out without a hat, the BBC reports.

Thus, herself shocked When doctors diagnosed skin cancer in her nose during a check last November, which, as they said, were abnormal Given her age and the rules she followed for sun protection.

Although technically the type of cancer that appeared to her as “low”, she had to be surgically removed, leaving her a scar under her eye.

As stated in the British Network: “I was confused and angry. I thought I did everything right and it happened to me. ”

Her rage grew when she learned that the sunscreen where used for years were unreliably And, according to tests, it had almost no protection from the sun.

In fact, independent analysis by a reliable consumer defense group found that Many of the most popular and expensive sunscreen her Australia do not provide the protection they claimby triggering a National scandal.

There have been mass reactions from customers, research was launched by the country’s medical observer, Many products have been withdrawn from shelves And questions were raised about the regulation of sunscreen around the world.

“It is certainly not an issue that is isolated in Australia”The chemist cosmetics Michelle Wong told the BBC.

In June, Choice Australia published a report that caused a feeling.

The team had tried 20 sunscreen to an independent accredited Australian laboratory, finding that 16 did not meet the skin protection index (SPF) listed in the package. Typically, one of the well -known sunscreen supposedly provided great protection, seemed to have a 4 protection index.

While in Europe, sunscreen are characterized as cosmetics, in Australia they are considered “therapeutic goods”, that is, medicines and thus subject to stricter regulations.

So how did this happen?

In a survey by Australian Broadcasting Corporation it was found that a single US -based laboratory had certified at least half of the products where failed in Choice’s tests And that this installation usually recorded high test results.

He also found that many of the sunscreen retired from the shelves had a similar formula and linked them with a manufacturer in Western Australia.

Fixed and comfortable sunscreen that offer high protection are very technical and difficult to prepare themsays Dr. Gung, founder of Lab Muffin Beauty Science.

Everyone’s skin responds differently to the product, adding that it is difficult to check how it affects the whole.

According to experts, the results are quite easy to fakewhile a survey by US authorities in 2019 in a sunscreen test laboratory led to the owner’s imprisonment for fraud.

Many sunscreen brands from around the world use the same manufacturers and the same test laboratories – and so this issue is unlikely to be isolated in Australia, he adds.

“Until one comes out and test a bunch of sunscreen in other countries, we will not know the extent of the phenomenon,” Dr. Wong notes and points out that the scandal is a reminder that the regulations are as good as their implementation.

She herself, however, appears reassuring by saying that the panic caused in Australia due to sunscreen research is excessive and that “95% of sunscreen have a fairly high protection index to reduce the incidence of skin cancer more than half.”

As he points out, the most important thing is to put on a a large amount of sunscreenabout one teaspoon for every part of the bodyincluding the face.

Ideally, sunscreen should be applied about every 2 hoursespecially if you have swim or sweat a lot.

Experts also advise to combine sunscreen with other safety methods, such as wearing protective clothing and looking for shade.