RNCollins
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- Tradewinds, Quarter House, Casa Ybel
Sunscreen ban to take effect in USVI
www.travelweekly.com
By Gay Nagle Myers / Caribbean Travel / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / Mar 09, 2020
“The ban on the sale and possession of certain types of sunscreens will take effect in the U.S. Virgin Islands on March 30.
These sunscreens contain ingredients such as oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene, which are said to threaten the health of coral reefs when they wash off swimmers' bodies and cause coral bleaching....”
Coki Reef, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
Photo by Norm Diver / shutterstock.com
Sunscreen ban to take effect in USVI
These sunscreens contain ingredients such as oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene, which are said to threaten the health of coral reefs when they wash off swimmers' bodies
www.travelweekly.com
By Gay Nagle Myers / Caribbean Travel / Travel Weekly / travelweekly.com / Mar 09, 2020
“The ban on the sale and possession of certain types of sunscreens will take effect in the U.S. Virgin Islands on March 30.
These sunscreens contain ingredients such as oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene, which are said to threaten the health of coral reefs when they wash off swimmers' bodies and cause coral bleaching....”
Coki Reef, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
Photo by Norm Diver / shutterstock.com