Testing finds extremely high oxybenzone levels at Kahaluu Bay

April 28, 2019/in KBEC News /by liam

April 28, 2019 (West Hawai‘i Today)—The Kahaluu Bay Education Center last April commissioned testing to measure bay waters for the presence of oxybenzone, a chemical compound found in sunscreens and known to be harmful to coral ecosystems.

The results returned last weekend were alarming.

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