{"id":87099,"date":"2020-01-03T17:09:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T11:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12700"},"modified":"2020-01-03T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T11:39:40","slug":"palau-is-first-country-to-ban-reef-toxic-sun-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/palau-is-first-country-to-ban-reef-toxic-sun-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Palau is first country to ban &#8216;reef toxic&#8217; sun cream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The ban covers chemicals such as oxybenzone and octinoxate used in sunscreen<\/li><li>These chemicals are toxic to wildlife species such as corals, fish, and macroalgae. They can cause:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; corals to become more susceptible to coral bleaching,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; damage the DNA of coral, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>o &nbsp; deform and kill juvenile corals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Palau<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean.<\/li><li>Rock Islands Southern Lagoon of Palau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/li><li>Palau created the world&#8217;s first shark sanctuary in 2009.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/5hlQwhrmFA-OeqNtl7pvmTWbSVCmqhMJ0ESZPowk0pgERgLXXx-Abji9CtoNK3WArfwc91uZxFTSuzSk78KvJYQM2t8EgjQYWuFmlDRoq9sqr034VMSSINWvu8RKtC7S8N0N0vk-\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life. Facts: The ban covers chemicals such as oxybenzone and octinoxate used in sunscreen These chemicals are toxic to wildlife species such as corals, fish, and macroalgae. They can cause: o &nbsp; corals to become more susceptible&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/palau-is-first-country-to-ban-reef-toxic-sun-cream\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Palau is first country to ban &#8216;reef toxic&#8217; sun cream<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[575,4838],"class_list":["post-87099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-coral-reefs","tag-palau","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704908022},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}