Yeah..

Apparently banana boat is recalling their spray-on sunscreen

because you know... labels.. WHO NEEDS TO READ THOSE...

sunscreen recall

Am I the only one who thinks this would be common sense.

Because aerosol anything has a tendency to be flammable.. so logic would dictate that aerosol sunscreen sprayed on the body probably shouldn't be anywhere near an open flame.

Most times I feel that people who have accidents of this kind are doing something stupid. However the article did say that their sprayer coats too thickly, making the product continue to be flammable for a longer period of time than common sense would indicate. If...and this is a big if because they don't say so, the people getting burned are having accidents 10 or 15 minutes after spraying, rather than immediately afterward, it could actually be the fault of the product rather than sheer idiocy.

Given the tendency for people to make bonfires when they're outside, it should probably be made more clear that thicker spray coats could be flammable for an extended period of time, as Lypsyl said.

Drug companies have to warn of adverse effects, no matter how rare, so it shouldn't be any different for other products that are used on the outside of the body.

I'd probably agree if that was the case, but given how rare it was.. and how few cases there are of this happening I'm more inclined to believe that most of it was just people simply not reading the label and that to me, is entirely their fault and not the company's.