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,...