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Subject:	Re: sunscreen and marine organisms
From:	David Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:52:05 -0400
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> The impact of the cosmetics, hair care products and sunscreens on our bodies
> when we swim, dive and snorkel has always worried me. I think it is part of
> the reason that the reefs you find in those little coves next to the big
> resorts in places like the Virgin Island are so totally trashed.

Other factors include the common practice of piping sewage into the
ocean and increased sediment from removal of the natural vegetation.

--
Dr. David Campbell
Assistant Professor, Geology
Department of Natural Sciences
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs NC 28017

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