October 14 is International Squalane Day! In honor of the holiday, we decided to take a deeper dive as to why this illustrious ingredient should be a regular part of your skincare...
Butyloctyl salicylate is a new ingredient of emerging concern that may be hiding in your 'reef safe' sunscreen With consumers demanding ever-increasing SPF values, many companies today are using SPF...
Stream2Sea’s proven safe for you and our waters sunscreen is chosen by Palau for aco-branded sunscreen line to help raise awareness and funds to protect the nations’ fragileecosystems Palau has had...
Would you like your sunscreen with a side of benzene? No, thank you! Stream2Sea was the first (and is still the only) company to provide extensive testing to prove our sunscreen is truly reef safe....
Do you know where your sunscreen in manufactured? Is it in a large production facility that uses economies of scale to manufacture hundreds - or thousands - of other products? Contaminants are...
I was recently honored with an invitation to speak to a National Academy of Sciences subcommittee looking at the environmental impact of sunscreens. It’s a...
The science is clear: oxybenzone kills coral larva at incredibly low concentrations. But until now, it’s been less clear what happens in the human body at exposures similar to those seen at your average beach or swimming pool.
A new report in a study published in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology by French and American researchers at Sorbonne University and Haereticus Environmental Laboratory shows that...
Following a new study released on January 28, 2020 in the Journal of the American Medical Association,the FDA has stated that some chemical sunscreen ingredients are “safe” because they saw no serious adverse effects after 21 days. However, we politely disagree. Why? Because the effects of endocrine disruption take much longer to see.
Do you choose ‘reef-safe’ products because they are kinder to the planet? I did, and even started Stream2Sea to specifically focus on healthy rivers and oceans. Of course, healthy people are...
Oxybenzone and Octinoxate-Free does not mean safe for use. Learn about the threat posed by a third “O”, Octocrylene.
Breaking down avobenzone, why it’s harmful, and what you can do about it.