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Trial by water

AS THE nights draw in in the northern hemisphere, we return to the subject of unconventional sunscreen. At the height of the London summer we mentioned claims by the Colorado company Osmosis that it had produced a drinkable sun screen (5 July). The “Harmonized H2O UV Neutralizer” is now less prominent on its website, but digging suggests the ingredients are “purified water imprinted with unique, vibrational waves“.

Brian Handley alerts us to the UK consumer…

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