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Farid Farid

Four in five sunscreens fail SPF test: consumer group

Most sunscreen brands with SPF 50 or 50+ labels allegedly fail to live up to their claims. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Slip, slop, slap is drilled into Australians as a motto to live by but testing shows four in five sunscreens are failing to provide protection, prompting the Cancer Council to vow to send its products to the lab again.

Consumer advocacy group Choice tested 20 sunscreens with SPF 50 or 50+ labels and found only four met the criteria.

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