How sunscreen on tourists poisons corals - Futurity: Research News

"It would be a sad irony if ecotourism aimed at protecting coral reefs were actually exacerbating their decline." Here's the trouble with sunscreen.

The sunscreens on coral reef-exploring tourists often contain a component that may speed up the death of the endangered ecosystems. New findings in the journal Science indicate how this happens. The… [+3759 chars]

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