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Once these chemicals are in the water they affect the ability of corals to defend against bleaching, damaging their development and can actually kill corals.","dateCreated":"2020-06-16T23:15:00+07:00","@id":"https:\/\/www.thefunkyturtle.com\/conservation\/marine-conservation\/sunscreen-and-coral-reefs\/#Answer2"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","author":"https:\/\/www.thefunkyturtle.com\/#Organization","url":"https:\/\/www.thefunkyturtle.com\/conservation\/marine-conservation\/sunscreen-and-coral-reefs\/","text":"Both oxybenzone and octinoxate are bad for coral reefs along with a number of other chemicals including Avobenzone.","name":"What chemicals in sunscreen are bad for reefs? 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