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Making a cleaner, greener, environmentally safe sunscreen

  • Written by Yousong Ding, Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida
Ingredients in many sunscreens are bleaching coral and harming marine life.www.shutterstock.com

As the temperatures rise and Americans swarm to the beach, they slather on sunscreen to protect against the sun’s harmful UV radiation that causes skin cancer. As they splash and swim, few give thought to whether the chemicals in the lotions and...

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