Little boy suffers severe burns after parents applied sunscreen
A three-year-old boy has suffered severe burns after his parents say they applied a Cancer Council approved sunscreen to his face and body.
The Western Australia family was on holiday in Bali when little Rivers Jasper broke out in welts and blisters.
His parents now want the product taken off shelves.
Rivers has burns all over his back, face, shoulders and ears and is in a lot of pain, his parents say.
"His skin was really, really tender and red. He was vomiting all the next day," his mother, Shannae Jasper said.
The family was on holiday in Bali last week but just two days in, River was burnt badly.
His father, Paul Jasper, had put Cancer Council's Peppa Pig sunscreen on Rivers in the hotel room.
Within minutes the little boy was covered in burns, and screaming in agony.
"He's absolutely petrified now of when we try and put any type of spray, lotion on him - even in the bath he won't pour the water over his back. He won't let us touch him," Mrs Jasper said.
The parents say this sunscreen had been sitting in the back of the cupboard for about a year, but it's still within its expiry date.
They only used it when their preferred sunscreen ran out in Bali.
Mrs Jasper wants to warn other parents.
She's uploaded the images of Rivers to social media.
A confronting video of the youngster screaming has been viewed more than one million times.
And she's been inundated with over 100 people saying the same thing happened to their kids, with the same sunscreen.
"We don't want to stop supporting The Cancer Council or their product, we just don't want others kids to go through what we've been through," Mr Jasper said.
The Cancer Council says "all their sunscreens are approved by the TGA and tested to the Australian Standard" and that a "small proportion of the population do experience sensitivities or allergies".
More than 2.4 million units of the sunscreen has sold.
The Cancer Council is in touch with Mr and Mrs Jasper.
