Hawaii moves to ban sale of sunscreens with coral-harming chemicals

Re:Hawaii moves to ban sale of sunscreens with coral-harming... by random_user456 on Thursday July 05, 2018 @09:17AM (#17462991)

i am highly skeptical of the science of this, let alone the fact that the ocean massively dilutes, a very small amount of sunblock off of people.

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Re:Hawaii moves to ban sale of sunscreens with coral-harming... by dagw on Thursday July 05, 2018 @11:32AM (#17464047)

Here's the relevant paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00244-015-0227-...

Short summary is that beaches where sunblock is used a lot show much higher concentrations of the relevant chemical compared to beaches where sunscreen is less common or beaches that saw fewer swimmers, and that heightened levels of these chemicals can be observed up to 600 meters out from these beaches. The observed correlation between high concentrations of these chemicals in the water and the lack of coral growths is very strong.

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