Looking forward to a day exploring coral reefs in Hawaii?Dear Utol (2025): Maniac Photographer Episode 26 Make sure you're wearing the right, non-banned sunscreen.
Hawaii has become the first US state to ban sunscreens deemed harmful to coral reefs. Effective from Jan. 1, 2021, the bill was signed by state governor David Ige on Tuesday.
SEE ALSO: New online tool could help calculate your risk of developing melanomaThe legislature focuses on the environmental impacts of two chemicals found in some sunscreens, oxybenzone and octinoxate, and their effect on Hawaii's marine ecosystems — including coral reefs. The bill will prohibit the sale and distribution of sunscreen containing these chemicals without a prescription.
According to the BBC, the chemicals are used in over 3,500 popular sunscreen products.
The "contamination" of Hawaii's coastal waters with these chemicals is pinpointed in the bill as considerably threatening in popular swimming beaches and coral reef areas including Waimea Bay, Hanauma Bay, and Waikiki Beach on Oahu, and Honolua Bay and Ahihi-Kīnau natural area reserve on Maui.
According to the bill, oxybenzone and octinoxate cause mortality in developing coral, and cause genetic damage to coral and other marine organisms. The bill also says the chemicals have "been shown to degrade corals' resiliency and ability to adjust to climate change factors and inhibit recruitment of new corals."
As we've noted before, the effects of one of the banned chemicals, oxybenzone, on coral reefs proved the cornerstone of a scientific study released in 2015, which sparked global headlines faulting sunscreen for the decline of reefs.
The study, published in the journal, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, determined the chemical had a detrimental affect on the DNA of coral.
But many scientists criticised the controlled laboratory conditions of the experiments, and argued that although the chemicals do have a negative effect on the reefs, in the scale of things they have much bigger threats than sunscreen toxins — say, ocean acidification and coral bleaching caused by climate change, and pesticide/waste run-off.
Look, a ban on chemicals impacting coral reefs is excellent, game-changing news, there's no doubt about that, but perhaps legislation that adequately tackles climate change is as pressing a need.
Previous：The Longest Miles
Walking Away from Omelas
Apple rebooted the iMac line with a splash of color and its M1 chip
These organizers just won big in Virginia. They're coming for your state next.
'Solar Opposites' Season 2 Review: 'Rick and Morty' level of greatness
Go Tell it in the Mountain State
Facebook asks for nude photos. Days later clarifies what it will do
Snap is selling its unsold Spectacles in London
'Solar Opposites' Season 2 Review: 'Rick and Morty' level of greatness
The Ovid of Loserdom
Facebook now lets you export posts directly to Google Docs and WordPress
Labor History in Real Time
Apple's iPhone 13 will come with faster 5G in more countries, report claims
Fox News barely mentioned Tuesday's elections—which just so happened to be Democratic wins
Amazon's long
Dr. Zuckerstein’s Monster
Politician who made fun of Women's March loses mightily to woman
Snap is selling its unsold Spectacles in London
How to watch Apple's spring event on 420
How Education Reform Ate the Democratic Party
'How I Met Your Mother' reboot starring Hilary Duff coming to Hulu
Inspired by Chance the Rapper, NFL star pledges to donate all his endorsement moneyLorde blesses us all with another new song and album release dateElmo is super desperate to meet Adele and he's telling anyone who'll listenIvanka Trump's brand claims sales spiked after White House controversyHillary Clinton Snapchats an empowering video, but the internet only cares about her new haircutEmma Watson honored female heroes by leaving feminist books at their memorials'Overwatch' reveals one of its playable characters is on the autism spectrumGoogle's keyboard on Android finally gets GIF and emoji suggestionsTwitter has pretty cold feelings toward the 'Game of Thrones' block of ice stuntUber will launch an investigation into the use of GreyballSome 'Beauty and the Beast' fans think the Beast is actually the hot oneEllen DeGeneres sneaks into Ciara's, er, interesting maternity photoCadillac's new cars can talk to each other about road conditionsArtist beautifully illustrates ABCs of mental health to help destroy stigmaThe first 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 poster is here and it's pretty badassNicole Kidman has a pretty legit excuse for her weird seal clap at the OscarsThese theaters have playgrounds because everyone loves loud kids at moviesEPA chief denies carbon dioxide is main cause of global warming and... wait, what!?Lyft already met its 2017 goal to expand to 100 new citiesSouth Korea's president just got kicked out of office and people are pretty happy about it FAU vs. Northwestern basketball livestreams: How to watch live The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is $30 off at Amazon's Spring Sale The 'Late Night with the Devil' AI controversy, explained UNM vs. Clemson basketball livestreams: How to watch live Best Apple Watch deals from Amazon's spring sale 2024 Climate change turns large green sea turtle population female Nebraska vs. TAMU basketball livestreams: How to watch live Samsung reveals new 2024 OLED, QLED, and Frame TV lineup The best phone accessory deals at Amazon's Prime Day Instagram and Threads are automatically limiting political content Microsoft adds spellcheck and autocorrect to Notepad on Windows 11 ISU vs. SDSU basketball livestreams, game time Classified Zuma spacecraft may have failed after SpaceX launch Judges appear ready to allow youth climate trial to move forward UConn vs. Stetson basketball livestreams: How to watch live Nuclear fusion company says it will make carbon Grim video of a starving polar bear could show the species' future Trump's Irish golf course gets approval to build that wall, thanks to climate change Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk both have rockets. Whose is the biggest? Microsoft announces accessibility device and software developments at Surface event
2.275s , 8199.1640625 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Dear Utol (2025): Maniac Photographer Episode 26】,Openness Information Network