- Raw Love sunscreen
- Honest Sunscreen
- Alba Sunscreen
- Many more to research!
Make sure to check the ingredients in all of the products and foods you buy!
I wish you a safe, rest of the summer!
Ocean Friendly Sunscreens to Buy:
Usually families are in a hurry to dive right into the relaxing paradise, we call "down the shore" or "beach life". So, they pick up the cheapest sunscreen that is marked as a high SPF. Well, with a good, high SPF to block off UV rays, the bottle must be perfect. But, in most sunscreens there is harmful chemicals like oxybenzone, butylparaben, and octinoxate that are washed off your skin and leaked into the delicate, ocean life. Oxybenzone and octinoxate have been scientifically proven to increase coral bleaching, such as, 4,000 - 6,000 metric tons of sunscreen ingredients a year emanate into sea life. Many of the ingredients also are absorbed by the body. (96% of Americans contain oxybezone in their body) On EWG's website they announced, "Three other studies reported statistically significant associations between oxybenzone exposure during pregnancy and birth outcomes"- https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/report/the-trouble-with-sunscreen-chemicals/#.W4Le2minHrc
Make sure to check the ingredients in all of the products and foods you buy! I wish you a safe, rest of the summer!
1 Comment
Samuel Khusidman
1/19/2020 08:02:35 pm
Wow, you're a great writer. Did you publish all these blogs?
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