Green People’s ‘irresponsible’ sunscreen advert banned over SPF claims

By Sarah Parsons | Published: 3-Mar-2020
Marketing Sun Care

The natural and organic skin care brand has been ordered to stop running the ad, which claims there is only 1% difference between SPF50 and 30

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Skin care brand Green People has been ordered to remove a sunscreen advert by the UK’s advertising watchdog.

A blog post by the natural and organic specialist received complaints

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