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Honestly, is 100+ really necessary?

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 3, 2009 1:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – The development of SPF 100+ sunscreen has led to confusion for some consumers—or at least that's Zev Borow's excuse for a tongue-in-cheek guide to the wide world of sun protection, in the New Yorker:

SPF 4: “You’re joking, right? This is some

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