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Why you’d better check the sunscreen you use

Why you’d better check the sunscreen you use

Living Planet

July 12, 202426m 16s

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Show Notes

Hawaii and other tourist hot spots have banned some UV filters found in sunscreen, in part thanks to a fateful snack run for Oreos that put one ecotoxicologist on the trail of unsuspected coral killer in the ocean. Twenty years later, his search continues amid a cacophony of misinformation about sun protection.

Topics

Coral Reefcoral bleachingsunscreen chemicalsUV filtershuman health