Posts tagged Coral reefs
Sunscreen
Sunscreen

With the summer around the corner, I thought it would be a good idea to look at what sunscreens actually are and do. We are supposed to apply it over our whole body and multiple times a day, so the ingredients in sunscreen should not be irritating or cause skin allergies. 

First let's look at the two kinds of sun blockers. The first one is the physical kind, like zinc and titanium dioxide, and the second is the chemical kind, like oxybenzone, avobenzone, octisalate, octocrylene, homosalate and octinoxate.

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My Green Goodie InfoArlette DiederiksSuncreen, Mineral sunscreen, Chemicals, Sun blockers, Oxybenzone, Avobenzone, Octisalate, Octocrylene, Homosalate, Octinoxate, UVA, UVB, Rays, Sunrays, Sunshine, Summer, Nano particles, Titanium dioxide, Zinc oxide, EWG, Environmental Working Group, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, Toxicity, Craig Downs, Haereticus Environmental Laboratory, Coral reefs, Bleaching, Coral bleaching, Vitamin A, Retinol, Retinyl palmitate, Retinoic, Photocarcinogenic, American Contact Dermatitis Society, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Allergen of the year, European Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety, Chemical preservative, Vogue, AvobenzonComment
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle

Sylvia Alice Earle (née Reade) was born on August 30, 1935 in Gibbstown, New Jersey, U.S. as the second of three children. Her father was electrical engineer Lewis Reade and her mother was Alice Freas Richie. Dr. Sylvia Earle is a “living legend”, according to the Library of Congress. She is a woman of many firsts, including the first female chief scientist of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the first Time Magazine Hero for the Planet in 1998, and the first, and still only, human being to dive solo to a depth of over half a mile.

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Inspiring PeopleArlette DiederiksSylvia Earle, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hero for the Planet, Marine biologist, Author, Researcher, Lecturer, Tektite, Deep ocean exploration and research, Mission Blue, SEAlliance, Harte Research Institute, Google Earth, JIM suit, Diving, Coral reefsComment