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LISTEN TO MIKE KERNAGHAN TALK WITH TIM ROXBOROGH ABOVEAllergic reactions could be one reason why Cancer Society sunscreen didn't work on a young child, the organisation says. The mother of four-month-old baby Noah Watson went public about her son's severe burns over the weekend; even after his mother generously applied Cancer Society SPF50 sunscreen on him.Cancer Society NZ chief Mike Kernaghan said they were in the process of investigating up to 30 complaints from people and were also speaking with Noah’s family..Up to 60 complaints were received by the Cancer Society each year.The process investigated the complaint itself in the first instance, he said, rather than the product.Kernaghan told Tim Roxborogh that his gut response is that could have been some sort of allergic reaction.While he has no certainity around it, Kernaghan says that the fact the sunscreen is manufactured in Australia, where it is classed as a medicine, could have had an effect.“There are strict manufacturing processes around any medici