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Did you know Sea anemones and coral turn a common sunscreen ingredient into a toxin activated by light?!

  • Writer: Alexander Svarre
    Alexander Svarre
  • Oct 26, 2024
  • 1 min read

The findings hint that sunscreen pollution and climate change combined could be a greater threat to coral reefs and other marine habitats than either would be separately, says Craig Downs, forensic ecotoxicologist with the nonprofit Haereticus Environmental Laboratory in Amherst, Va.


Learn how some sunscreens damage coral reefs in this article by Erin Garcia de Jesús from Sciencenews.org

 sunscreens damage coral reefs

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