The Food and Drug Administration is moving closer to allowing a new sunscreen ingredient that is already used overseas. It’s called bemotrizinol.

Consumer’s sunscreen expert, Belinda Castles, says misleading marketing and persistent sunscreen and tanning myths can leave New Zealanders overpaying, or under-protected, when it comes to sunscreen.

Most of us know sunscreen is a key way to protect areas of our skin not easily covered by clothes from excessive ultraviolet (UV) radiation. But it’s been a rough year for sunscreens. In June, testing ...

With sunscreen testing in the spotlight this year, how do laboratories test how effectively products protect our skin from ...

Most of us know sunscreen is a key way to protect areas of our skin not easily covered by clothes from excessive ultraviolet ...