Patent Pick: Progress on the SPF/UVA-PF Front

Jun 14th, 2018
Rachel Grabenhofer
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According to a new Unilever patent application, organic sunscreen agents have a number of disadvantages. Upon UV exposure, they are known to degrade, sometimes within hours, leaving consumers unprotected.

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