SCREEN TIME
Jan 10, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS REMY RIPPON
LIFE AQUATIC
he suncare buzzword you’ll be seeing a lot of this summer: reef-safe. The big idea? Common sunscreen ingredients – chemical UV-absorbers oxybenzone and octinoxate – end up in the ocean when we swim and in our waterways when we wash them off. “These chemicals seep into the water and are absorbed by corals, having the potential to disrupt coral’s reproduction and growth cycles, leading to bleaching,” says New York-based
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