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The first new sunscreen type in 25 years has arrived on US store shelves (apnews.com)
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[–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Unless I missed it, the article doesn't mention whether this sunscreen mitigates the impact on coral in the ocean. The sunscreens we've been using are terrible for that.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    From the end of the article:

    The European Union’s environmental agency has found “limited evidence of environmental toxicity” with BEMT, but longer-term research is needed.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago

    Now that I look again I see that. I think I hadn't hit the "Read More" so didn't see the end of the article. I even searched for "coral" initially and it didn't find anything. The first subheading after it expands does mention coral.

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