![]() This article explains the best sunscreens to pack for Hawaii. In 2018 the state banned the sale of sunscreen with oxybenzone and octinoxate, two common UV-blocking chemicals, according to this REI article. So if you forget your sunblock, you’ll only be able to buy these mineral sunscreens there. However, stores can’t sell these products. That’s not to say that visitors will get a fine for bringing it with them. In some locations it’s actually against the law to sell sun protection products that can harm marine life. Destinations that have sun protection product rules These tend to be gentler on the skin and are less likely to have harmful chemicals in them because, you know, kids. In fact, for years I’ve leaned towards using children’s sunscreen. And those chemicals always caused an adverse reaction, like burning and stinging. Turns out that I’ve been avoiding chemical sunscreens for years. This article in the journal Science explains what one of those chemicals, called oxybenzone, does to coral.Īctually, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that if chemical sunscreens can do that to aquatic life, what are they doing to my own body as my skin absorbs it? You see it’s the sunscreen that uses chemicals to block out the sun that can cause damage to coral reefs. One of the women on this girls’ vacation is a scuba diver and she implored us only to use mineral sunscreen, not chemical sunblock. I’d never heard of reef safe sunscreen until I booked this Beaches trip. How to find the best brands of reef safe sunscreen
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