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How does the UV filter in sun cream work?

Question of the Week - From the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith

Oct 17, 202500:04:47Science & Medicine

Listener Krzysztof has written in to ask how skin is protected from potentially harmful UV radiation by sun cream products. To help him with the answer, James Tytko put in a call to Antony Young, Emeritus Professor of Ex...

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How does the UV filter in sun cream work? is an episode from Question of the Week - From the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith. Listener Krzysztof has written in to ask how skin is protected from potentially harmful UV radiation by sun cre...

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Published Oct 17, 2025, 00:04:47 long, audio available.