To help protect ocean life, the UK plans to ban microbeads from all cosmetics by 2017

BY: AISHA ILYAD  “Beat the micro bead, beat the micro bead.” This is what campaigners against micro beads in cosmetics have been chanting for years. The little tiny beads may seem harmless, but they actually make washing your face, brushing…

The sunscreen dilemma: To get skin cancer or to kill marine life?

BY: LILITH It’s a simple, two-step formula that’s been engrained in our minds since we were kids: You go to the beach. You slap on sunscreen. Dealing with melanoma isn’t on anyone’s to-do list. But when you coat your skin…