Clean Blue Green is a resource dedicated to natural, low-toxicity alternatives for household, garden, and body care products—helping to protect our watershed and natural environment.
We extend our sincere gratitude to the Georgia Strait Alliance, a Nanaimo-based marine conservation organization, for generously allowing us to share insights from their Toxic Smart Alternatives guides.
Natural Body Care
As Summertime approaches so does the need for measures of protection from the sun including sunscreen products. Sadly, many of these contain ingredients harmful to the world’s coral reefs and aquatic life. In fact the entire state of Hawaii and some global marine preserves have banned two sunscreen ingredients: oxybenzone and octinoxate.