SUNSCREEN SCANDAL

A lawsuit filed in 2006 challenges major sunscreen makers claims of their effectiveness in blocking ultraviolet rays as well as the prevention of skin diseases like skin cancer.

Major sunscreen brands are marketed as sunblocks but often create a false sense of security that can cause users to stay in the sun too long, thus endangering their health the suit charges.

“Parents, especially, have been defrauded into believing the false labeling and advertising claims of these products. They have sent their children to play or swim in the sun, believing that slathering them with one of these products specifically marketed for children provides protection, when it does not,” said Mitchell Twersky, a New York attorney. “And the guys who are marketing these products know their claims are false,” he added.

Find an Attorney General in your area to send comments regarding the Sunscreen Class Action.

Sunscreen Class Action suit. Pages 2-4 give a quick summary of the case.

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