Anti-UV parasol or not

Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to ultraviolet rays since its damage to human skin, especially in summer. In the summer, various kinds of sunburn preventive measures become active. Parasol plays an important role in these measures.

There are different parasols in markets, wholesale markets and roadside booths. These parasols are invariably accompanied with "anti-UV (ultraviolet)", "UV" logo. But industry experts point out that some umbrellas only can shield the sunlight, but the UV. Only through special coating, can an umbrella prevent the UV. The accurate Sun Protection Factor depends on the quality of the parasols. Some of the parasols sell at a high price of RMB300, some are RMB10 .

Reporters saw at several large shopping malls, many consumers pay more attention to the appearance of the parasol and ignore the quality and SPF of the parasol. At commodity market, it is different. People pay more attention to the price. The low price parasols sell well. To the SPF of the parasols, sellers say that: all the parasols can prevent the UV, the difference is the brand.

Really it's that?

According to “Textiles--Evaluation for solar ultraviolet radiation protective properties”, it can be called “anti – UV products” only if the UPF is more than 30 and the transmittance of UVA is less than 5%.

Reporters carefully watch, and find that only some brands have detailed specifications written fabric composition and accurate SPF, some only have fabric composition, some only have uncompleted qualification or not and just have "anti-UV (ultraviolet)", "UV" logo.

Lingjun He, secretary-general of Umbrella Professional Committee of China Sundry Articles Association, said bluntly: the good and the bad are intermingled in the market. A few factories mislead consumers with irresponsible words. In fact, a qualified anti-UV parasol costs at least RMB20.