Monday, March 17, 2008

Sunscreen kills coral?

Wow, according to the following article in National Geographic News certain chemicals found in some sunscreens have a dangerous potential to bleach coral in just four days. I guess we need to start re-checking our labels for sunscreen before we get out in the surf...or use wetsuit tops/uv protection lycra to minimize our sunscreen emissions! Check the link for the article.

http://www.surferspath.com/news/category/environment/swimmers-sunscreen-killing-off-coral/sp_123852.html

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