Deep Dive: Why you’d better check the sunscreen you use

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Hawaii and other tourist hot spots have banned some UV filters found in sunscreen, in part thanks to a fateful snack run for Oreos that put one ecotoxicologist on the trail of unsuspected coral killer in the ocean. Twenty years later, his search continues amid a cacophony of misinformation about sun protection.

12 Jul English Germany Society & Culture · Health & Fitness

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