I-Florida eNtshona West iyayinqanda imveliso ye-sunscreen ukukhusela ii-coral

Amagosa aphambili esiXeko saseNtshona avumile ukuthintelwa kweemveliso ze-sunscreen ezinemichiza emibini ezifunyenwe ziziphumo ezichaphazela kakubi izinto zekorale kunye nezaselwandle.

IKhomishini yesiXeko saseNtshona yeNtloko ivote nge-6-1 kwintlanganiso yayo kaFebruwari 5 yokupasisa umthetho wokuthintela ukuthengiswa okanye ukuhanjiswa kwayo nayiphi na imveliso yelanga equkethe i-oxybenzone kunye / okanye i-octinoxate.

Izifundo ezahlukeneyo zibonisa ukuba ezi khemikhali zimbini zinokonyusa ukuphuma kweekorale, zibangele ukusweleka ekuphuhliseni iikorale kwaye kubangele ukonakala kwemfuza kwiikorale nakwezinye izinto zaselwandle.

I-Key West kunye neFlorida Keys yesiqithi seziqithi zifaniswa nelizwekazi lase-United States kuphela 'kwendawo yokuhlala ye-coral barrier reef, elele ngaphakathi kwe-Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

"Kum, iyabila kanye inyani yokuba kukho amawaka ezothambiso lwelanga phaya kwaye sinerhafu enye, kwaye sinethuba lokwenza into encinci ukukhusela loo nto," utshilo uSodolophu wase-West West u-Teri Johnston entlanganisweni. "Ndiyakholelwa ukuba luxanduva lwethu."

Ummiselo uza kuqala ukusebenza nge-1 kaJanuwari, ngo-2021, kwaye unyanzeliswe ngezilumkiso nangokubanjwa kwabantu. Ngaphandle kufuneka kwenziwe kwimigqaliselo enelayisensi yezonyango.


"Ndiyathemba, nolunye uluntu kwiphondo laseFlorida luza kuthatha le nto kwaye baqale inkqubo," utshilo uMkomishinala uJimmy Weekley.