Absolutely not. Safe Sea® was designed to use chemical confusion to help prevent jellyfish from considering us an enemy, just like the clownfish's coating confuses the sea anemone.
We want Safe Sea® to be safe for us and safe for the sea because we love our planet and want to take care of it. It is our only home.
It's very important to us that Safe Sea® is Hawaii 104 Reef Act Compliant (Octinoxate & Oxybenzone free), and Certified Reef Friendly by the Friend of the Sea International Organization.
Here is what the Friend of the Sea Org. said about Safe Sea®:
Safe Sea®, the first sunscreen truly Friend of the Sea.
Not all sunblocks are friends of the sea. According to both U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and EU regulations, sunscreens marked as “water-resistant” can lose 50% of their sun protection factor after 40 minutes of water bathing.
Recent studies have shown that Benzophenone-3 (BP-3; Oxybenzone), an ingredient in sunscreen lotions and personal-care products that protects against the damaging effects of ultraviolet light, contributes to coral bleaching and reef deformation, as it affects DNA and disrupts coral reproduction and growth. According to these studies, even small doses of Oxybenzone – about a drop in six-and-a-half Olympic swimming pools – damage coral.
Although countries like Hawaii are trying to remedy this environmental disaster by creating a long-term “Coral Bleaching Recovery Plan” to prevent further damage and promote regrowth after specific events, it could be too late.
In order to minimize the impact of sunscreens on the marine environment, Israeli company Nidaria Technologies has developed Safe Sea® sunscreen. Water resistance tests of Safe Sea® by AMA Lab New York and Dermatest Australia revealed that 97% of sun protection remains on the skin even after 80 minutes in the water. In vivo testing of fish and anemones' behavior in water exposed to Safe Sea® for 24 hours demonstrated that the sunscreen is safe to the aquatic organisms.
Friend of the Sea, one of the major international certification schemes for sustainable seafood and aquaculture products, has recently decided to validate Nidaria’s long-term commitment towards environmental sustainability by awarding Safe Sea® as Friend of the Sea.
“In order to provide total protection, we developed a sunscreen formulation with extreme water resistance, which does not leak nor dilutes in water even after prolonged water activities. All Safe Sea® ingredients are stored within the formula and do not dilute nor release into the water. The formula provides high skin protection after prolonged swimming and it protects the environment from sunscreen contamination”, explains one of the company’s founders, Dr. Amit Lotan, who earned his PhD in Biology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he worked with United Nations and the US Navy scientists researching jellyfish sting protection.
“Friend of the Sea certification can be achieved by other sunscreens releasing less than 5% of their chemicals to the water after 80 minutes in the water” comments Paolo Bray, founder and director of Friend of the Sea “We really hope other producers will be motivated to reach this goal and that the certification will drive a quick change in the industry towards more sustainable sunscreens”.
Source: https://friendofthesea.org/safe-sea-the-first-sunscreen-truly-friend-of-the-sea/
