Indawo ephawuleka i-US Islands Islands 'Inobungozi 3 Os' isithintelo selanga iba ngumthetho

IiVirgin Islands Irhuluneli u-Albert Bryan Jr. kutshanje wenze imbali ngokusayinwa koMthetho 8185, ukuthintela ukungenisa elizweni, ukuthengisa kunye nokusasaza i-sunscreen equkethe "i-3 Os" eyityhefu ye-oxybenzone, i-octinoxate kunye ne-octocrylene kule ndawo, ikhusela ikorale, ubomi baselwandle kunye nempilo yabantu. Umthetho, owadlula ngamxhelo-mnye kwaye waxhaswa ngamasenethi asibhozo akhokelwa nguSenator Marvin A. Blyden kunye noSenator uJanelle K. Sarauw, wenza i-USVI ibe yeyokuqala ukwamkela isibhengezo se-FDA samva nje esiqonda kuphela i-zinc oxide kunye ne-titanium dioxide (i-sunscreen yezimbiwa) njengezithako ezikhuselekileyo nezisebenza ngempumelelo elangeni. Inkqubo ye- I-USVI ban yongeza isithako se-octocrylene kwiikhemikhali ezingavunyelwanga eHawaii naseKey West, okuthetha ukuba i-sunscreens ekhuselekileyo yezimbiwa iba lukhetho olungagqibekanga. Isibhengezo esipheleleyo siqala ukusebenza kwiinyanga ezilithoba ngaphambi kokuvalwa kwe-US, nge-Matshi 30, 2020, kunye nokusikelwa umda kuqala kwangoko.

"Ukhenketho kwiiVirgin Islands luligazi lobomi bethu - kodwa ukuqinisekisa ukuba siyaqhubeka nokuhenda iindwendwe ngeelwandle zethu ezikumgangatho wehlabathi kunye nobuhle bendalo kule minyaka izayo, kufuneka sikhusele iingqaqa zethu zekorale njengenxalenye yemfuno yethu yokuqalisa ukhenketho oluzinzileyo," utshilo u-Rhuluneli u-Albert Bryan Jr. “Oku kubalulekile kulo lonke elase-Caribbean kwaye ndibiza nabanye ukuba bajoyine. Sonke sabelana kwaye kufuneka sikhusele iilwandlekazi zethu. ”

Ngokwe-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), bukhona ubungqina benzululwazi obubonisa ukuba i-oxybenzone iyabulala ikorale kwaye isoyikisa impilo yamatye jikelele. Ngokukhawuleza xa kutyikitywa irhuluneli, abathengisi abasavumelekanga ukuba bafake iiodolo ezintsha ze-sunscreen equkethe i-oxybenzone, i-octinoxate kunye ne-octocrylene kwaye banqatshelwe ekufumaneni ukuthunyelwa emva ko-Septemba 30, 2019. Ukufakwa kwe-octocrylene kwisibhengezo kubalulekile njengoko kuhlala kusetyenziswa ngokudibeneyo nezinye iikhemikhali eziyingozi ezifana ne-avobenzone, ke ukuvalwa kwe-octocrylene kususa ngokufanelekileyo ezo zithako.

"Iingqaqa zekorale zezona zinezinto ezininzi eziphilileyo eziphilayo kuyo nayiphi na inkqubo ye-eco-system kwaye zibalulekile ekukhuseleni amanxweme kunye nokuxhasa ubomi baselwandle, ukanti iCaribbean ilahlekelwe ngamatye angama-80%," utshilo uSenator Blyden. "Ukukhusela oko sinako kubalulekile kwezokhenketho nakumashishini okuloba nakwiziqithi zethu ngokubanzi."

USenator Sarauw wongeze, "Ezi khemikhali azityhefi nje kuphela amanzi ethu, ziyasityhefa. Zifunyenwe kubisi lwebele, igazi kunye nomchamo kwaye zibangela ukonakala kweseli okunokukhokelela kumhlaza, ukuphazamisa iihormoni kwaye kunokubangela ukungabikho komzimba. Kukho iindlela ezikhuselekileyo nezizinzileyo ezinjengezithambisi zelanga ezingezonzakali ezingonakalisa amanqanawa ethu okanye impilo yethu. ”

Lo mthetho uvaliweyo uza kubonelela ngokhuseleko kwindalo esingqongileyo nakwimpilo yethu kodwa okubaluleke ngokulinganayo kwimithetho kukwakha ulwazi ngobungozi bala machiza xa kuthelekiswa nezinye iindlela ezikhuselekileyo ezinjengezithambisi elangeni. Ezi khemikhali zingaphezulu kwamanqanaba angama-40 awamkelekileyo kumhlaba wommandla, utshilo uMongameli we-Island Green Living Association uHarith Wickrema. I-St John engenzi nzuzo ibikhokela iphulo kwezemfundo malunga neengozi zescreen sunscreen ukusukela ngo-2016. “Ukongeza kokonzakala kwendalo kunye noluntu, uqoqosho olusekwe kubakhenkethi luza kufumana ukonakala kwezemali ukuba ikorale nobomi baselwandle buyaphela. Impembelelo ye-ripple inokuba nkulu kwaye kufuneka sithathe inyathelo ngoku. ”

UPaul Jobsis, uMlawuli weZiko leMfundo yaseLwandle kunye nokusiNgqongileyo, kwiDyunivesithi yaseVirgin Islands, utshilo: "Ukuvalwa kweetyhefu zekorale kunye nemibungu yazo linyathelo elibalulekileyo ekukhuseleni iingqaqa zekorale zase-US Virgin Islands." . “Kunye nezinto zokuthambisa elangeni ezinetyhefu ezingena kulwandle lwethu, ukuloba ngaphezulu, ukungalawuleki kwemvula ebalekayo, kunye nokufudumala kwemozulu kunegalelo ekonakaleni kweengqaqa zethu zekorale. Ndinebhongo ngokuba iZiqithi zaseVirgin zaseMelika zikhokele phambili kwaye zipasile umthetho ozakunceda iingqaqa zethu zekorale kwaye zinike ingqalelo ekubalulekeni kwazo kuqoqosho nakwindalo. ”

"I-3 Os" enetyhefu kwi-sunscreen ihlamba imizimba yabantu xa bedada kwaye ibangela i-coral bleaching, "zombie" coral ekhangeleka isempilweni kodwa ingakwazi ukuvelisa kwakhona neminye imiba. Ingena elwandle xa amanzi amdaka kunye namanzi abalekayo elwandle. Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba xa ezi khemikhali ziphuma emanzini, ikorale inokuphinda ihlaziye.

Endaweni yescreen semichiza elangeni, i-sunscreen yamaminerali engeyiyo-nano equkethe i-zinc oxide kunye ne-titanium dioxide ikhusela elangeni kwaye ayonzakalisi i-coral. Ukugquma okufana nokukhusela irhash kunye neminqwazi nako kuyasebenza kwimitha yelanga eyonakalisayo.

Umngcipheko wescreen setyhefu ufumene ingqalelo engalindelekanga enkosi kuMongameli uBill Clinton, xa ebonga uWickrema ngokumfundisa ngobungozi "be-3 Os" eyityhefu ngethuba ethetha e-USVI CGI Post-Disaster Recovery Event ekuqaleni kukaJuni. UClinton uqhubeke nokubongoza abo bezimeleyo ukuba basebenzise kuphela i-coral ekhuselekileyo yelanga. "Kufuneka sikwenze oku," utshilo.