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Palau to introduce world's first ban on sunscreen chemicals

Palau is to introduce the world's first ban on sunscreen chemicals to protect its famed corals. [AFP/File / MATT RAND]

The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau will ban "reef-toxic" sunscreens from 2020 in what it claims is a world-first initiative to stop chemical pollution killing its famed corals.

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