{"id":14162,"date":"2016-09-28T19:15:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=14162"},"modified":"2016-09-28T19:17:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T18:17:33","slug":"tropics-told-to-ban-coral-killing-sunscreen-news-eco-business-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/09\/tropics-told-to-ban-coral-killing-sunscreen-news-eco-business-asia-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropics told to ban coral-killing sunscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eco-business.com\/news\/tropics-told-to-ban-coral-killing-sunscreen\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25527849934_3d447c610f_z_news_featured.jpg\" alt=\"Tropics told to ban coral-killing sunscreen\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>ropical island nations should team up to ban coral-killing sunscreen products, following the example of Hawaii, a conference has heard. Chemical compounds in sunscreen lotions cause irreparable damage to reefs, which are crucial to the livelihoods of 500 million people in the tropics, scientist and policymakers said at the IUCN World Conservation Congress on 3 September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a no-brainer \u2014 a compound is hurting our reefs, so the simple thing is to ban it,\u201d says Will Espero, the Hawaiian senator leading the legal challenge. \u201cWe are working on some draft legislation, it is almost done. Once we are there, let\u2019s go international with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article published on\u00a0<em>Eco Business<\/em>. 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