SUN HATS for babies don’t necessarily protect them from the sun. In tests, two out of three brands on sale in Britain didn’t provide adequate protection from ultraviolet radiation.
The tests carried out by the SATRA Technology Centre, a lab testing consumer products in Kettering, revealed a wide variation in the protection offered by hats intended for both babies and adults. “All the hats made some sort of claim to protect against the sun,” says Keith Parker, who carried out the research. “But some claims were simply misleading.”
SATRA tested 10 sun hats bought at major high-street retailers or through…
