
Best & worst sunscreens
Coming back to New Zealand, I was surprised to find out that there are no standards in place for sunscreens. Apparently, compliance is voluntary and is left up to the manufacturer. Unlike in Europe, Australia and the USA - in New Zealand sunscreen doesn't need to meet any standards. For a country that has the highest rates of skin cancers in the world - how can that be?? While Consumer NZ performs some testing on sunscreens, it doesn't pay enough attention to the effect the t