Ethics of Sunscreen Tests
With summer right around the corner, buying sunscreen is high on everyone’s priority list. The higher the SPF rating sunscreen has, the better protection your skin gets from harmful UV radiation. The gold standard of testing sunscreens must involve human volunteers exposed to artificial solar UV radiation.
Dr. Stuart Henderson, the Assistant Director UVR Exposure Assessment from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), spoke to Jack Gembitsky about why this testing method is unethical and dangerous.
