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Confused by SPF? Take a Number

New York Times, CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
Published May 14, 2009

LAST year, Coppertone rolled out two easy-to-use sprays with its highest-ever sun protection factor: SPF 70+. Not to be outdone, Neutrogena offered its Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch lotion in SPF 85 strength, that year’s big gun. This sun season, Banana Boat is retaliating with a pair of SPF 85 sprays, which it trumpets on its Web site as “our highest SPF level in a continuous spray formula.” But now, SPF creep has hit the triple digits with Neutrogena’s SPF 100+ sunblock, leading some dermatologists to complain that this is merely a numbers game that confuses consumers. To continue reading, please go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/fashion/14SKIN.html?_r=1
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