Key West passed an ordinance that made it illegal to sell sunscreen that contains the ingredients oxybenzone or octinoxate without prescriptions.Study finds that a common sunscreen chemical is highly toxic to corals: http://t.co/rssnnNMnAV @noaa pic.twitter.com/J4W6fGgRfo
— NOAA's Ocean Service (@noaaocean) February 4, 2014
Consumers currently have options of reef-safe sunscreen, and resources like Ban Toxic Sunscreens Hawai'i's Eco-Safe & Reef-Friendlier Guide, which advises against a list of chemicals like oxybenzone and homosalate, and recommends broad spectrum mineral sunscreens with a mineral content of 18%+, "preferably with non-nano zinc or titanium as active ingredient."Given the above, the FDA deemed physical blockers as “generally regarded as safe and effective” (GRASE). Whereas certain chemical sunscreens have been deemed as having insufficient data for safety of use. pic.twitter.com/ogIdbBUT7q
— Ade Adamson, MD MPP (@AdeAdamson) May 6, 2019
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