Is your sunscreen safe for the ocean?
Most sunscreen sold in the UK contains chemicals - including Oxybenzone, Octinoxate and Octocrylene - which have toxic effects on the environment.
Research has shown that chemicals in high street sunscreens act as hormone disruptors; changing fish behaviour, causing animals to stop reproducing, killing coral larvae and causing coral bleaching.
Even if you're nowhere near the sea, sunscreen washes from your shower, through water treatment plants, into rivers and out to the ocean. Sewage is the largest source of sunscreen chemicals heading into the sea.
Wearing sunscreen is essential to protect your skin from sun damage. We carefully select suncream and cosmetics that are safe for the oceans and your skin.
Research has shown that chemicals in high street sunscreens act as hormone disruptors; changing fish behaviour, causing animals to stop reproducing, killing coral larvae and causing coral bleaching.
Even if you're nowhere near the sea, sunscreen washes from your shower, through water treatment plants, into rivers and out to the ocean. Sewage is the largest source of sunscreen chemicals heading into the sea.
Wearing sunscreen is essential to protect your skin from sun damage. We carefully select suncream and cosmetics that are safe for the oceans and your skin.
SUNCARE THAT'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANEt
#1 Use non-nano mineral sunscreen |
#2 Cover up!
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#3 no more spray sunscreen |
From the UK to the Caribbean there's amazing life under the waves.
Even though its cold... and dark... and murky... there is a huge range of life in the seas around the UK. Seals, Sharks, Coral and Kelp - our choices affect the health of our oceans |