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SunScreen ingredient is toxic to coral, killing off reefs

dc.coverage.spatialVirginiaen
dc.coverage.spatialOrlandoen
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-02T07:00:42Z
dc.date.available2019-09-02T07:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-23
dc.identifier.citationSunScreen ingredient is toxic to coral, killing off reefs. (2015, October 23-24). BusinessWorld, p. S2/4.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/6960
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBusinessWorld Publishing Corporationen
dc.titleSunScreen ingredient is toxic to coral, killing off reefsen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitleBusinessWorlden
dc.citation.firstpageS2/4en
local.subject.classificationBW20151023_S2/4en
local.descriptionA common ingredient found in sunscreen is toxic to coral and contributing to the decline of reefs around the world, according to new research published on Tuesday. Oxybenzone, a UV-filtering chemical compound found in 3,500 brands of sunscreen worldwide, can be fatal to baby coral and damaging to adults in high concentrations, according to the study published in the Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. The international research team that conducted the study, led by Craig Downs, found the highest concentrations of oxybenzone around coral reefs popular with tourists, particularly those in Hawaii and the Caribbean.en
local.subject.personalnameDowns, Craig
local.subject.corporatenameArchives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicologyen
dc.contributor.corporateauthorReutersen
dc.subject.agrovoctoxicityen
dc.subject.agrovocCoralen
dc.subject.agrovocreefsen
dc.subject.agrovocScientific personnelen
dc.subject.agrovocDNAen
dc.subject.agrovoccoral bleachingen
dc.subject.agrovoccoral reefsen
dc.subject.agrovoccoral reef conservationen
dc.subject.agrovocenvironmental protectionen
dc.subject.agrovocnature conservationen


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