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\"Tiny<\/a><\/p>\n

According to findings, published in the journal Environmental Contamination and Toxicology<\/i><\/a>, even tiny amounts of oxybenzone bleaches and breaks down corals. Even worse, the chemical becomes more potent when it is exposed to light. And even non-beachgoers could be part of the problem. Though the adverse effects of sunscreen on coral had the biggest impact for sources within less than half a mile, sunscreen in any wastewater\u2014even washed off in sinks and showers far from the shore\u2014could worsen the issue.<\/p>\n

Source: Sunscreen May Be Destroying Coral Reefs | Smart News | Smithsonian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

just a tiny amount – no more than a drop of water in 6 Olympic-sized swimming pools – of a chemical called oxybenzone bleaches and breaks down corals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268,130,534,176,72,267],"tags":[243,195],"yoast_head":"\nTiny amounts of sunscreen may be destroying coral reefs\u00a0<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"just a tiny amount - no more than a drop of water in 6 Olympic-sized swimming pools - of a chemical called oxybenzone bleaches and breaks down corals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/10\/tiny-amounts-of-sunscreen-may-be-destroying-coral-reefs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tiny amounts of sunscreen may be destroying coral reefs\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"just a tiny amount - 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