Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Queensland University Of Technology-Australian Study-Sunscreen

Packaging may pump-up kids' sunscreen use

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids using a pump dispenser applied the most sunscreen in a new Australian study, but they still used less than half the amount needed for full protection. "As (this amount) is not likely to be sufficient to prevent sunburn, it is unlikely to be sufficient to prevent skin cancer and other sun damage," said Abbey Diaz, the study's lead author and a researcher at Queensland University of Technology. Diaz's results also show that kids tended to use more sunscreen when they got it from squeeze bottles than from roll-on dispensers. ... read more..

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