interesting, i just wanted to post the same topic.
here's the original paper (.pdf)
www.ehponline.org...
i feel that this info has a good chance of being widely accepted, eventually, if only due to people arguing over GW, using this tidbit as a counter
point, although it will probably take ages until sunblockers causing the effect are phased out.
Sunscreen is ‘killing coral’, page 1
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Topic started on 2-2-2008 @ 10:11 PM by loam
I find it fascinating that it isn't the chemicals themselves that cause the damage, but their ability to "trigger rampant reproduction" of normally dormant viruses.
I can't help but wonder whether a similar mechanism is at play for events like Colony Collapse Disorder, White-Nose Syndrome and even Morgellons.
Who knows...
[edit on 3-2-2008 by loam]
Sunscreen is ‘killing coral’
The sudden death of coral reefs around the world may be due to chemicals in sunscreen, a new study has revealed.
The bleaching and subsequent demise of coral reefs was thought until recently to be caused by some unexplained effect of global warming. But a study by the Marche Polytechnic University, in Italy, has found that ingredients commonly used in sunscreen can awaken dormant viruses in the algae that live inside reef-building coral species.
The study revealed that four chemicals (benzophenone, a paraben preservative, cinnamate and a camphor derivative) used as preservatives and as UV filters in sunscreens “caused the rapid and complete bleaching of hard corals, even at extremely low concentrations”.
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I find it fascinating that it isn't the chemicals themselves that cause the damage, but their ability to "trigger rampant reproduction" of normally dormant viruses.
I can't help but wonder whether a similar mechanism is at play for events like Colony Collapse Disorder, White-Nose Syndrome and even Morgellons.
Who knows...
[edit on 3-2-2008 by loam]
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