Sunscreen Is Killing Our Coral Reefs

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Wow that's some bad news . . . hopefully some sunscreen made without that ingredient

The researchers found that oxybenzone, a common UV-filtering compound, is in high concentrations in the waters around the more popular coral reefs in Hawaii, and the Caribbean. The chemical not only kills the coral, it causes DNA damage in adults and deforms the DNA in coral in the larval stage, making it unlikely they can develop properly. The highest concentrations of oxybenzone were found in reefs most popular with tourists.

The team's findings are published in Oct. 20 edition of the journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

couldn't possible be all the oil residue and cortex....

The human infestation

um...organic sunscreen...made with mostly zinc and works great

There are bigger dangers to worry about than sunscreen. Hawaii is in the line of Fukushima and the Carribean gets high levels of pesticides from banana and pineapple plantations, sugar cane and other fruit producers.

Yeah but I personally don't want to be dumping anything toxic when I'm in the ocean.

:joyfishes:

I've been saying for years that sunscreen is the reason for the increase in melanoma diagnoses. If certain ingredients "alter DNA" in humans, then that's what contributes to cancer. I'm not saying go bake in the sun, but look for organic sunscreen containing mostly zinc.

Also, the lack of sunshine causes rickets. Guess what disease is making a comeback? You guessed it, rickets. People need to think more for themselves instead of believing whatever the "cure/prevention" of the month is. Look at the new guidelines for breast cancer screenings. That will tell you all you need to know.

The mere fact that this comes out in a liberal journal of questionable scientific validity
calls the study itself into question.

The fact that it is only published in a liberal journal of questionable scientific validity,
as opposed to more mainstream, peer reviewed journals on chemistry and oceanography likely
means the study is bullshit.

It would be useful to peel back the layers on this.

Somewhere.... someone is either not dancing to the environmentalist tune, or did not contribute
to the right cause, or even a woman scorned, which has led to this onslaught.

SOMEWHERE, money, or the lack of it, is involved.

Liberals never do anything for free. This includes abortions and the selling of baby parts for $$$.

1000:1 we start seeing efforts to restrict tourist activity, or perhaps force a change in the
chemicals used in sunscreen.

The divine justice is that sunscreen kills the people who wear it.

Many medical studies have shown that baking those chemicals into your skin causes cancer. Ha ha. How dumb can you be.

Sun is GOOD for you. That's right. If you're afraid of burning then where a long sleeve shirt or limit your exposure. But at the very least you should try to get an hour or two of good old strong sunlight on your full body once a week.

Remember that lady who almost killed her son with sunscreen?

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Chemicals in sunscreen cause cancer

LOW vitamin D allows cancer to take hold

High vitamin D keeps cancer at bay


But the reason for the HUGE amount of melanoma in the modern world is....

Windows

They block the vitamin D uv but allows the damaging form

Inside workers get melanoma
But outside workers don't

Are people really buying in to this bullshit. I know hippies and liberals will just because the word "environment" is involved.

I cannot believe the number of you falling for this shit.

This is as believable as Kaitlyn Jenner's vagina.

Typical of humanity. Sun bathing and vanity before other life forms.

Hey OP...
Welcome to 1985.

You must not travel much?

He isn't talking about sunscreen ingredients. He is referring to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the dumping of large amounts of Corexit into the Gulf.

I don't think he was talking about the outer layer of organs.

Unless he meant Coretex...

Anyways, how is sunscreen more harmful than large amounts of oil and Corexit??

Let me get this right... The shit they tell us to slather on our skin to PREVENT DNA damage / cancer from the sun actually CAUSES cancer?? And, to think that many schools require children to wear sunscreen.....

Ugh, humans are such idiots sometimes. I am sorry for our stupidity, coral reefs. :(

Also, low vitamin D levels (and the myriad of health problems that go with it) are epidemic.

Sun is good for you? OMGPHM

I am a redhead. I should have never been in the sun without protection, and they didn't have a sunscreen greater than 8 in the 70s. You cant undo sun damage, or look like you might have if you had never been in the sun as much as I was. Most sun damage happens before 24 anyway, but any fair haired person should NEVER EVER TAN and why people think a tan is sexy I have zero idea, I think tans are ugly. I plan and regulate my life in accordance with how sunny it is. I do out door swimming before 10 am or after 3 pm. Generally I just don't go out in direct sun, or coverup if I have to.

If you live in the Southern hemisphere it's much worse, you can see how wrinkled and aged people from Australia often are at a young age.

I have been using the dry feel 100% spray sunscreen for about 5 years now, always on an exposed upper body; face, arms, chest, neck, etc. Don't forget the top of your feet if you wear sandals.

Zinc oxide only gives limited protection and washes off. Everything in life is a toss up, what do you do? Die of Cancer from the Sun, or from the Sunscreen? I
l'll take my chances on the sunscreen I despise the way I look with any tan.
As far as swimming any reefs I intend to do that with a wetsuit on if I ever get the chance. Your'e not catching my fat ass in a swimsuit around razor sharp coral no f-ing way. I'll be completely covered up and have sunscreen on my face only. Oh no wait they have face masks to.

Correct. IDK WTF these people are talking about. Organic is another bullshit fad people are buying into. Just like the bullshit gluten industry.

The fact that people are advising others to go outside without sunscreen scares me. My grandfather and Aunt both had cancer cut from their faces because of exposure to the sun WITHOUT SUNSCREEN.

Please people... don't take any kind of medical/health advice from this forum. Do your own research and talk to your doctors FFS.

Everything is perishing on the planet and, of course, it must be humans causing it. Another fail thread by those scared shitless they are powerless to stop the extinction.

Yes. Sunscreen. That's what it is.

But hey, if you stop using sunscreen you're sure to die off quicker.


At least most of you will never breed.

Another libtard taking the bait.

I really don't care about the reefs.

I hate coral, I used to rip through it using water tracks back in 90's YAT-YAS!!! (until the tree hugging hippies made us stop)

i use a sun unbrella on the beach and i never use sunscreen. i cover up with hats and long clothing when i go for a walk or play frisbee.

i just say: the heck with it! when i swim.

sometimes i actually do sunbathe for like 5 minutes.

sunscreen is crappie. eventually it will all come out that sunscreen was not really all that protective. i'm telling you! really! ha ha don't believe!!!!

i'm about the same color as a red head. ie, not white, clear.

ok, lets see, the sun is RADIATION... and you think it is going to be OK to just slather some lotion on? you think that is protecting you? you don't think you might want something more than just a little bit of LOTION?

did you ever see how the back of your curtains get all old and yucky where the sun hits them?

mad men and englishmen go out in the noon day sun. oh, and people with sunscreen on. :)

Yes there are already some Coral Reef safe sunscreens please remember to use them.

It's not. Maybe people should be more worried about what they are swimming in.

I have been saying for YEARS that that chemical cocktail which makes up sunscreen/suntan lotion is toxic.
Your skin is porous and absorbs this stuff.

If it screws with coral DNA....what do you think it does with human DNA?

You should as 90% of the worlds ocean critters are connected to them in some way. Also they are a huge carbon sink as their skeletons are made up of calcium carbonate.

Did you know that the coral reefs are the rain forest of the oceans being the second most diverse habitat in regards to the number of species?

Reef Aquariums are way cool also...

Yea and not corexit, Fukushima radiation, oil pollution. No not those.