The Whole Truth: Are higher SPF sunscreens actually better?
Source: Stuff, January 2023
This reporting is part of Stuff’s fact-checking project, The Whole Truth – Te Tikanga Katoa. You can read the rest of our fact-checks here.
Read this story in te reo M?ori and English here. / P?nuitia t?nei i te reo M?ori me te reo P?keh? ki konei.
What’s the issue?
New Zealand holds the unenviable titles of highest melanoma case rates and deaths in the world. With summer on our doorstep, and warnings UV levels are averaging higher than last year, do we need to be trading in our SPF30 for SPF100?