Palau is to introduce the world's first ban on sunscreen chemicals to protect its famed corals. [AFP/File / MATT RAND] The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau will ban "reef-toxic" sunscreens from ...

Although reef-toxic petrochemical sunscreens are not the only threat to Hawai‘i’s marine environment, they are one serious local threat that everyone can help eliminate right now.” Experts say the ...

Although reef-toxic petrochemical sunscreens are not the only threat to Hawai‘i’s marine environment, they are one serious local threat that everyone can help eliminate right now.” Experts say the ...

The same is true for the sunscreens and so, they are reef-safe and non-toxic to marine life. That being said, the product ...

The sunscreen display at Honolua Store features only reef-safe products in January ... harmful chemicals that enter the water, which are toxic to coral reefs, seagrass beds, fish populations ...

Gutierrez said there’s “no such thing as reef-safe sunscreen” and that “no governmental ... spots off South and West Maui have exceeded toxic oxybenzone and octinoxate levels for coral.

Replacing hydrogen atoms on alcohol groups with sugars is something that plants and animals commonly do to make chemicals less toxic and more water soluble so they are easier ... Finally, the ...

Scientists estimate that up to 14,000 tons of sunscreen washes off us and into ... In response, mineral-based, reef-safe SPF is now at the forefront of the beauty industry, so you can care for ...