为保护珊瑚礁，夏威夷颁布法令禁用防晒霜_时事

为保护珊瑚礁，夏威夷颁布法令禁用防晒霜

As early as the 1990s, scientists have examined the effects of sunscreen, and other personal products made with chemicals, on the environment. And a globe-spanning 2017 study examined coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands, Israel and Hawaii, and found that oxybenzone significantly leaches coral of nutrients. Some ecotourism sites and private resorts in the tropics already prohibit similar products.

在20世纪90年代初，科学家就调查出防晒霜和其他含有化学物质的个人用品对环境的影响。然后在2017年全球范围内的研究中发现在美属维尔京群岛、以色列和夏威夷群岛，氧苯酮会极大地滤掉珊瑚的养分。在一些热带的生态旅游景点和私人度假村已经禁止使用相似的防晒产品了。

Democrat Sen. Mike Gabbard of Hawaii introduced Senate Bill No. 2571, whose text states, "These chemicals have also been shown to degrade corals' resiliency and ability to adjust to climate change factors and inhibit recruitment of new corals."

夏威夷的民主党议员迈克·加巴德提出了第2571号参议院法案，在法案中提到，“这些化学成分也会降低珊瑚的可恢复性和适应气候变化的能力，而且还会抑制新珊瑚的生长。”

"When you think about it, our island paradise, surrounded by coral reefs, is the perfect place to set the gold standard for the world to follow," Gabbard told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.