National Ocean Service

Feeling the Burn: Sunscreen & Sustainability

Meghan Health, Oceans, Personal Care, Pollution August 23, 2019September 24, 2019Chemicals in sunscreen, coral bleaching, FDA, marine conservation, National Ocean Service, Skin Cancer Foundation, sunburn, sunscreen, Sunshine Facts

Less than 15 minutes. That’s the amount of time it can take the light emitted by the giant ball of fire in the sky we call the sun to begin burning human skin. Those ultraviolet rays (UVA and