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Not only is Classic Lotion one of the best reef safe sunscreens but it’s also packaged using recycled materials. The ...

One could argue that many consumers believe a reef-safe label means that a product is free of oxybenzone and octinoxate, two sunscreen ingredients implicated for coral bleaching in early research.

University of Hawaii Maui College Student Ohana for Sustainability President Alicia Wood (from left), member Dwight Baldwin and secretary Lyu Burdette discuss sunscreen with Kihei’s Alan Pelzer.

Scientists estimate that up to 14,000 tons of sunscreen washes off us and into ... In response, mineral-based, reef-safe SPF is now at the forefront of the beauty industry, so you can care for ...

Chemical sunscreens floating on the surface of the ocean can block the sunlight coral reefs in Hawaii need to survive, says ...

Finally, the chemicals used in many alternative “reef-safe” sunscreens contain the same alcohol group as oxybenzone—so could potentially also be converted to phototoxins. We hope that, taken together, ...