11/22/2023 0 Comments Hawaii reef safe sunscreen![]() ![]() This bill has NOT been fully approved yet, but if it does go through, it will ban most chemical sunscreens from being sold in Hawaii. Also, two of the ingredients in the first picture – avobenzone and octocrylene – are currently listed as part of a second bill (Bill SB 132) to add those ingredients to the current ban. ![]() If you want to follow the intent of the law - to protect marine life, and/or protect your skin from potentially harmful products - then mineral-based sunscreens are the recommended way to go. *This leads to the guidelines that take the ban one step further. Next Following the intent of the law: What sunscreen should I use in Hawaii? ![]() The label on the left is for chemical sunscreens and the label on the right is for a mineral-based sunscreen. These are two examples of approved sunscreens in Hawaii. ?Įxample of sunscreen labels that are allowed for sale in Hawaii* Otherwise, if you’re planning to bring sunscreen with you, the rule is simple: when you shop for sunscreen, look for the Active Ingredients list on the back and it should have anything BUT oxybenzone and/or octinoxate. If you are going to buy your sunscreens in Hawaii, this should be relatively easy since all sunscreens for sale in the Hawaiian Islands are now required, via the Hawaii sunscreen ban, to not contain oxybenzone and/or octinoxate. First, the bare minimum: What sunscreen should I use in Hawaii? Okay, not get all long-winded but I’m going to break this down into two parts because there are the basic guidelines to just follow the rule verbatim and then there are guidelines to follow because you want to adhere to the intent of the law - to protect Hawaii’s oceans, protect our global environment, and/or protect your skin from potentially harmful products.
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