Sun screen lotion threatens coral: study

AFP via Yahoo ^

[Slapshot68]

PARIS (AFP) - Sun screen lotions used by beach-going tourists worldwide are a major cause of coral bleaching, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission.

In experiments, the cream-based ultra-violet (UV) filters -- used to protect skin from the harmful effects of sun exposure -- caused bleaching of coral reefs even in small quantities, the study found.

Coral reefs are among the most biologically productive and diverse of ecosystems, and directly sustain half a billion people. But some 60 percent of these reef systems are threatened by a deadly combination of climate change, industrial pollution and excess UV radiation.

[weegee]

I just knew she'd grow up to be evil!............

Err, sort of...

Little Miss Coppertone® came to life in animated form at the end of a Coppertone commercial in 1965. Actress Jodie Foster had her television debut in the same commercial, appearing as a toddler on a boat with her family enjoying the day. This commercial created false rumors that Foster was the original Little Miss Coppertone®.

Also:

http://www.tvacres.com/admascots_coppertone.htm

In 1959, a 3-year-old girl in pig-tails named Cheri Brand posed for a family snapshot in the backyard of her Bronxville, NY home and soon became Little Miss Coppertone®, a symbol of summer and poster-girl for the long-running Coppertone sunscreen ad campaign whose famous slogans proclaim "Don't be a Paleface!" and "Tan - Don't Burn."

[Fresh Wind]

Wow, they actually made it to the third paragraph before blaming Global Warming®.

[Crystal Cove]

I didn’t see anything in the article that suggested people shouldn’t wear sunscreen anymore. Am I missing something?

[TheWasteLand]

I applied, coral died.

[Steve Van Doorn]

That is a good one:
Here is a thought:
Final conclusion: People must die before they are born.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

...a deadly combination of climate change, industrial pollution and excess UV radiation...

I didn't know coral had it so bad. /bs

[Eurale]

I’m going to save the coral by dying from a melanoma.

[Blue Highway]

You forgot they will want us to recycle our waste as we are putting to large a burden on sewer plants.

[steelyourfaith]

"But some 60 percent of these reef systems are threatened by a deadly combination of climate change, industrial pollution and excess UV radiation."

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[mikey_hates_everything]

“a new study commissioned by the European Commission”

If it keeps the bikini-wearing European men (fat or not) off the beach, then I’m all for saving the coral.