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Lathering up with sunscreen may protect against cancer -- killing coral reefs worldwide
2015-10-21 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Lathering up with sunscreen may prevent sunburn and protect against cancer, but it is also killing coral reefs around the world. That's the conclusion of a team of international scientists, which includes University of Central Florida professor and diving enthusiast John Fauth. The researchers found that oxybenzone, a common UV-filtering compound, is in high concentrations in the waters around the more popular coral reefs in Hawaii, and the Caribbean. The chemical not only kills the coral,...
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