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The legislation to ban certain sunscreens and skin-care products came into effect on January 1 and is part of Palau's new Responsible Tourism Education Act.
Stores selling prohibited sunscreen could face fines of up to US$1,000 ($1,387), and bottles will be confiscated from tourists upon entry into the country.
The legislation is part of a much wider attempt by the Government to protect its environment, particularly from tourists.
It follows on the heels of Hawaii, which in May last year became the first US state to ban the sale of sunscreens which include two ingredients that have a damaging effect on coral reefs.
The ban covers ingredients such as oxybenzone and octinoxate, which the ICRI described as "known environmental pollutants" which can be "incredibly toxic to juvenile stages of many wildlife species, including corals, fish, macroalgae and even people".
"Oxybenzone can cause corals to become more susceptible to coral bleaching, it will damage the DNA of coral, and it will deform and kill juvenile coral," it said.
originally posted by: Metallicus
So now human beings have to die of skin cancer so coral can live.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Metallicus
So now human beings have to die of skin cancer so coral can live.
Or they could not just spend hours laying out for no reason except vanity.
originally posted by: Metallicus
People such as myself burn easily and often enjoy being outside. It isn’t just about laying in the sun. Sometimes people went to enjoy the outdoors or take a swim.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Metallicus
People such as myself burn easily and often enjoy being outside. It isn’t just about laying in the sun. Sometimes people went to enjoy the outdoors or take a swim.
Let me know when the Ohio River develops a coral reef near Cincinnati.
originally posted by: Metallicus
People such as myself also travel to places that may or may not have coral reefs. I realize you are just trying to be funny, but many of us white folk burn easily. If anything this is racist against white people who are more likely to need sunscreen.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Metallicus
People such as myself also travel to places that may or may not have coral reefs. I realize you are just trying to be funny, but many of us white folk burn easily. If anything this is racist against white people who are more likely to need sunscreen.
I'm not trying to be funny, suck it up if you travel to Palau, it's their country and they make their own rules.
And as pointed out above, coral reefs are one of the foundations of the oceanic food chain, without them we're all screwed.
originally posted by: Metallicus
However, if there is an equitable solution that allows both of them to live in relative health then that would be the best option.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Metallicus
People such as myself burn easily and often enjoy being outside. It isn’t just about laying in the sun. Sometimes people went to enjoy the outdoors or take a swim.
Let me know when the Ohio River develops a coral reef near Cincinnati.