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Hawaii just became the first state to ban certain sunscreens as a measure to protect the state's essential coral reefs.
Hawaii is known for its seemingly endless expanse of sunny beaches, so it's obviously not the kind of place you'd want to find yourself without some sunscreen handy. This week, a new law is ...
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The ban was to be effective as of January 1, 2021. [63] However, this legislation was superseded by the Florida State Legislature by Senate Bill 172, [ 64 ] which prohibits local governments from regulating over-the-counter proprietary drugs and cosmetics (such as sunscreen containing oxybenzone and octinoxate).
The PASS Coalition opposed a state ban on certain sunscreen ingredients, including oxybenzone and octinoxate, passed by the Hawaii State Legislature and signed by Gov. David Ige in July 2018. [12] The law, which goes into effect in 2020, bans sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, which environmental groups have said harm corals and ...
[13] [14] Gates was concerned about sunscreen that contains octinoxate and oxybenzone, and in 2015 called for it to be banned in Hawaii. [15] These sunscreens were banned in 2018. [ 16 ] In 2012 she demonstrated that the choice of symbiotic algae was crucial for how tropical reefs survived environmental stresses.
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In order to reduce the generation of plastic waste, Hawaii has begun to ban the use of single-use plastic and polystyrene foam on a county-by-county approach. A ban on polystyrene foam containers took effect in Maui County on December 31, 2018; [ 143 ] [ 144 ] a similar ban started in Hawaii County (the Big Island) on July 1, 2019.