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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Safi Bugel

Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, finds study

Posidonia oceanica segrass meadows in the calanques in the Mediterranean Sea near Marseille, southern France.
Posidonia oceanica segrass meadows in the calanques in the Mediterranean Sea near Marseille, southern France. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images

Chemicals found in sunscreen lotions are accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, a study has found.

Scientists discovered ultraviolet filters in the stems of Posidonia oceanica, a seagrass species found on the coast of Mallorca and endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.

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