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YOU USE IT TO PROTECT
SUNBURNS.
BUT A WOMAN FROM
CHESAPEAKE SAYS HER ARM
CAUGHT FIRE AFTER
SHE USED A SPRAY-ON
SUNSCREEN.
AND THE SAME THING
HAPPENED TO A
EARLIER THIS
SUMMER.
WE SENT 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
IT OUT.
THIS IS THE SUNSCREEN -
BANANA BOAT SPORT.
AND THIS IS MARY
SHOULDER'S ARM WITH 3RD
DEGREE BURNS.
SHE TOLD ME SHE HAS NO
PLANS TO SUE THE COMPANY-
ALTHOUGH SHE
KNOWS A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD -- SHE JUST WANTS
TO WARN YOU.
THE PAIN IS ALMOST
UNBEARABLE FOR MARY
SHOULDERS.
AND SHOULDERS IS A
PRETTY TOUGH - A WELDER
BY TRADE.
SHE SPRAYED THIS
SUNSCREEN ON HER ARMS
OUTSIDE
TO WORK.
THE BURNS EXTEND FROM HER
ARMPIT TO HER WRIST.
A SMILIAR THING HAPPENED
TO THIS MASSACHUSETTS MAN
WHO USED THE
GOING TO HIS BAR-B-Q.
SHOULDER'S MOM CONTACTED
10 ON YOUR SIDE .
AEROSOL SUNSCREENS DO
BACK, IN
SMALL PRINT IT SAYS:
FLAMMABLE: DO NOT USE
NEAR HEAT, FLAME OR WHILE
SMOKING. SHOULDERS SAID
SHE WAITED ABOUT
FIVE MINUTES AFTER
APPLYING THE SUNSCREEN
BEFORE SHE BEGAN WELDING
AND THOUGHT SINCE IT WAS
DRY IT WAS SAFE.
WE CONTACTED THE BURN
PREVENTION NETWORK AND
THE AMERICAN BURN
ASSOCIATION THE BURN
PREVENTION
NETWORK COULD NOT
RECCOMEND A SAFE AMOUNT
OF TIME TO WAIT, AND
INGREDIENTS ARE
AEROSOLIZED THEY BECOME
MORE COMBUSTIBLE. THE
ISSED THIS STATEMENT
CALLING FOR " PROMINENT
TIME AND PROXIMITY" AND
ADVISE USERS TO CONSIDER
LOTION
BASED SUNSCREEN. THAT'S
TYPICALLY USES -
CONVENEINCE THAT CAME AT
A PRICE - SHE HOPES NO
ONE ELSE HAS TO PAY.
I JUST RECEIVED A
BOAT
IT SAYS NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT TO US THAN
CONSUMER SAFETY. WE URGE
CONSUMERS TO READ AND
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS -AND
NOT TO USE SPRAYS
NEAR FLAMES, HEAT OR
WHILE SMOKING.
BUT SHOULDERS SAID SHE
FOLLOWED THE RULES -AND
THATS WHY SHE
WANTS EVERY PARENT TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD
HAPPEN TO A CHILD
HANDED A SPARKLER OR A
MARSHMALLOW TO ROAST..
STEPHANIE HARRIS TOYS