Tabloid Salol

Produced in Australia under the ‘Tabloid’ brand by the Burroughs Wellcome Company ‘Salol’ is an abbreviation of the chemical term Phenyl salicylate.

Phenyl salicylate was developed in Switzerland by the chemist Marceli Nencki. It was used medicinally as an antiseptic and analgesic, and was an ingredient in many sunscreens, additionally.