Hawaiian Tropic ‘Reef Friendly’ Sunscreen Harms Coral, Suit Says

Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen is deceptively portrayed as “reef friendly” because it contains chemicals that harm coral reefs and other marine life, a new proposed class action against Edgewell Personal Care LLC alleges.

Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems in the world and are often called the “rainforests of the sea,” Sherise Richardson says in a suit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

About a quarter of the ocean’s fish depend on healthy coral reefs. Fish and other organisms shelter, find food, reproduce, and rear their young “in the many nooks ...