Regarding marine safety, NOAA estimates that almost a thousand tons of sunscreen wash into the ocean annually. Even if you’re ...

Coral reefs are being bleached – and killed ... Scientists estimate that up to 14,000 tons of sunscreen washes off us and into the oceans every year. Two chemicals in particular – oxybenzone ...

The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photo WAILUKU — Saying there is “no such thing as reef-safe sunscreen,” representatives from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association spoke out against Maui ...

Palau is set to become the first country to impose a widespread ban on sunscreen in an effort to protect its vulnerable coral reefs. The government has signed a law that restricts the sale and use ...

The sunscreen display at Honolua Store features only reef-safe products in January ... When oxybenzone, for example, is absorbed into the skin, it reaches plasma concentrations of up to 209.6 ...

This bill follows a 2018 law banning oxybenzone and octinoxate sunscreens. Studies show that all four of these petrochemical sunscreens are toxic to human health, coral reefs and marine species. “This ...

"When science tells us that a practice is damaging to coral reefs, to fish populations, or to the ocean itself, our people take note and our visitors do too. "Toxic sunscreen chemicals have been ...

This bill follows a 2018 law banning oxybenzone and octinoxate sunscreens. Studies show that all four of these petrochemical sunscreens are toxic to human health, coral reefs and marine species. “This ...