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Sunscreen recalled after users catch on fire

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"handful of people have caught on fire after applying the lotion and coming into contact with an open flame"
Open flame will cause most materials to burn.....avoid fire....
 
Kinda reminds me of the people that burned their feet walking through hot coals. What a surprise.

"Hey Cletus, canna borror yur lighter? This dang suntan earl ain't dryin."

"Mommy, I wanna go in the pool and this suntan lotion is still wet."
"Just stand closer to the fire sweetie."
 
Makes sense, most of the propellants in those are flammable gasses of some sort, and sunscreen can be put on thick, so while it is evaporating and driving I bet it is very flammable. Same with hand sanitizer, most of the body spray deodorants, shaving cream, the list goes on.
 
What this reminds me of the most is the Silly String a couple years back. Kids were spraying it around lit birthday candles with whoomph-tacular results. They changed the formula.
 
This is the same group of people who use gasoline to clean paint brushes next to the water heater in the basement.
 
willyrover said:
Need to stop protecting people from themselves. Clean up the gene pool a bit.
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Fisherdude said:
This is the same group of people who use gasoline to clean paint brushes next to the water heater in the basement.
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Except that spray-on sunscreen is a relatively recent development, whereas the old lotion types we've been using for the last 30 years are water based and distinctly non-flammable. Would you have thought your sunscreen would catch fire? This (IMHO) does not give the consumer any reason to think they will catch on fire if they light a cigarette after applying sunscreen. Quite the contrary. So they don't take precautions.

Banana Boat said they think it happened because their spray tip dispenses more than other products in the industry. I think it was a good idea to fix it.
 
toxcrusadr said:
Except that spray-on sunscreen is a relatively recent development, whereas the old lotion types we've been using for the last 30 years are water based and distinctly non-flammable. Would you have thought your sunscreen would catch fire? This (IMHO) does not give the consumer any reason to think they will catch on fire if they light a cigarette after applying sunscreen. Quite the contrary. So they don't take precautions...
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Well, there is that. I guess it's a lot like leaning too close to the toaster and having your peanut butter explode into flames. Who knew? :D
 
G'day all, why does this remind me of the 'Darwin Awards'? :scratch2: Regards, Felix aka catman.
 
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