Sunscreens have come a long way in cost, effectiveness and aesthetics. While often marketed as safer around coral reefs than traditional chemical sunscreens, the mineral varieties may offer even more.

“Reef-friendly” and “reef-safe” have become common claims on sunscreen labels. The terms have no standard definition, but they’re most often found on sunscreens that contain only mineral ...

After I published my column on chemical vs. mineral sunscreens, many of you wrote to me asking whether mineral sunscreens really were safer for coral reefs. Here’s what we know: An estimated ...

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Preserving coral reefs is an important environmental goal that everyone should take very seriously, but with a recently proposed ban on certain sunscreen ingredients, Florida is being forced into ...

Protecting your skin from the sun's harmful rays shouldn't come at the expense of underwater ecosystems. But what is reef-safe sunscreen, and will it actually protect marine life? Each year, 4,000 ...

Rochester, N.Y. — Wegmans is facing a class action lawsuit over its store brand sunscreen, according to multiple reports. The suit was filed earlier in May by Joelle Thomas of Irondequoit in ...

Yvonne Mira, 86, of Hilo passed away Monday from injuries she sustained in a single-car crash on Jan. 30. Maui residents have one last chance to take part in a health study that’s tracking the ...

Coral-reef safe means a formula is free from tiny particles that can contaminate the oceans and be damaging to the coral reefs. Many mineral sunscreen formulas are considered reef safe (more on ...