Vancouver Island community considers banning certain sunscreens – BC [Video]

A Vancouver Island community that draws big crowds as a summer destination is looking to ban certain t types of sunscreen.

Lake Cowichan does big business in the summer months, with people coming to camp, cool off in the lake that bears its name or float down the Cowichan River.

But the municipal council is raising concerns about an ingredient in some chemical sunscreens that could be harmful to the river’s ecosystem.

“We have the second largest freshwater lake on Vancouver Island and also the Cowichan River which is one of 44 heritage rivers in Canada which is very significant culturally, economically and physically to the local First Nations who live within the area and to the town of Lake Cowichan as well,” said Lake Cowichan Mayor Tim McGonigle.

“We see an influx of probably four times the population of Lake Cowichan in the summer months.”

The municipality is now …