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Re:Are Hawaii’s beach showers in violation of the Clean Wate... by CamperBob2 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @02:50AM (#32762099)
I personally am skeptical of the idea that sunscreens are actually responsible for marine ecosystem changes, rather than climate change or other large forces

I would've said so, too, before my GF got into the reef tank hobby. Corals are ridiculously sensitive to pretty much everything. Light, chemicals, nutrients, water flow, diurnal rhythms, you name it. It's fairly believable that something in the low parts per billion might affect them adversely, particularly organisms that are already stressed.

Re:Are Hawaii’s beach showers in violation of the Clean Wate... by sethammons on Thursday September 08, 2022 @07:39AM (#32764116)
We lost several hundred dollars worth of coral and fish in our reef aquarium when a house guest, after being told explicitly not to, used body spray stuffs two or three rooms over in a large house. These things are _sensitive_.
Re:Are Hawaii’s beach showers in violation of the Clean Wate... by 9991 on Thursday September 08, 2022 @07:52AM (#32764219)
I have to ask: How did you trace cause to effect and eliminate other possible culprits?
Re:Are Hawaii’s beach showers in violation of the Clean Wate... by sethammons on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:48AM (#32765468)
It has happened before when our kids were younger and discovered perfume. These things don't mix well with reef aquariums. The rule stands at our house: no spraying anything that you are not 100% sure is reef-safe safe to spray.