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| Originally Posted by SeaStar On the way to work I read a report in Geographical on research by Italian scientists that up to 10% of coral reefs are threatened by bleaching caused by chemicals in sunscreensIl |
I spent three years or so seeing first hand the effects of Coral bleaching, both due to increases in the water temperature (even for short periods) and due to more imidiate man made factors. The effects of sunscreen pale in insignificance to the damge caused by untreated sewerage discharge by nearly all of the Caribbean islands. Add to that dischage from boats, anchor damage, fuel spills, you name it.
Would I change my sunscreen? yup (so long as it was as good as a Tropicana SPF50+ stick)
Will it any difference if we all did? Probably not.