Reef-Safe Sunscreen? The Science | Lab Muffin Beauty Science

This is such a great video! Being that this was posted 5 years ago now, was wondering if there have been any updates or changes to the harmful/minimal harm/untested ingredients list? Would love to see a breakdown of more recent studies on this (sorry if you’ve already done this, I haven’t looked thru your archive yet) Thanks for all your hard work on educating us :)

Funny that zinc oxide is one of the harmful (under certain contexts) ingredients. Makes things a little more inconvenient there for inorganic/mineral sunscreen users. Haven't heard people making a fuss about that one.

Anyways.. chemical sunscreen doesn't suit my sensitive skin!

Great video, in Hawaii right now so looked this up!

Thank you so much!!! ❤❤❤❤

This video is from four years ago. Would you mind updating the content and review ingredients that are safe for the sea life and coral? Thanks.

Even if the risk of coral from these sunscreen ingredients is just 5%, are we willing to take it when we DON'T HAVE TO? I think that is an ethical question not a scientific question.

Even if i found your video very informative and a bit reassuring, I suppose everyone should do their best to protect corals.

One of the solution can be to wear UV protecting clothes when swimming in the ocean, particulary if you go diving near corals.
And in General to not exposed yourself in the direct sun.

Thank you so much for this video!

Highly misleading / slanted video. Technically nothing is incorrect, but much more time is spent emphasizing areas of debate while minimizing areas that scientists agree on, such as that the two ingredients Hawaii banned are in fact harmful to coral reefs.

I f'n love you. Bring that science to the politik. At least we're listening.

This was not depressing, it's a call to arms. Your final message was rather inspiring.

Thank you

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I love you so much. You are such an amazing researcher, spreading the correct information 🥰

I do have a question regarding the chemical active ingredients that are found to be harmful to corals. Are they still considered harmful and should be avoided in the context of daily use where we apply in the morning but it would eventually be washed off down the drain? Or we should avoid those harmful ingredients only in the context of swimming in the ocean with coral reefs but they are okay for everyday use?

I have been looking for alternative sunscreens to my favorite ones without said harmful ingredients but a clarification on this would be good as well!

Thank you for talking about climate change

As a chemistry student, this was exactly my thought when buying sunscreen. Thx for doing the math and breaking it down.

thank you so very much for this video this hasnt quite calmed my sunscreen anxiety but my goodness gracious it has helped tremendously

Facekini is the answer haha…

We need more Facekini vibe when going to beach… haha!

This is the BEST video have found about sunscreen. Very informative! I am so happy I found your channel ❤