Hoʻolālā ʻo Palau Mokupuni i ka pāpā sunscreen e hoʻōla i ke akoakoa

E pāpā ka lāhui Pākīpika liʻiliʻi ʻo Palau i ka pale ʻana o ka lā "reef-toxic" mai ka makahiki 2020 i ka mea i koi ʻia he hana mua honua e hooki i ka hoʻohaumia kemikala e luku ana i kāna mau pākako kaulana.

ʻO Palau, e moe nei ma ke komohana o ka Pākīpika ma kahi o ka hapalua ma waena o Australia a me Iapana, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi luʻu maikaʻi loa o ka honua, akā hopohopo ke aupuni e hele mai ana kona kaulana i kahi kumukūʻai.

Wahi a kekahi wahaʻōlelo no Pelekikena Tommy Remengesau aia he hōʻike ʻepekema e hōʻike ana nā kemika i loaʻa i ka nui o nā sunscreens he mea ʻawaʻawa ia i nā ʻākako, ʻoiai hoʻi i nā kaukani minuke.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo nā wahi luʻu a Palau e mālama mau ʻia ma kahi o ʻehā mau waʻa i ka hola i piha i nā mākaʻikaʻi, e alakaʻi ana i nā hopohopo i ka kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā kemika hiki ke ʻike i nā pali kūleʻa i kahi kiko.

"I kekahi lā i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā galani o ka pale o ka lā e hele ana i ke kai i nā wahi luʻu kaulana a Palau a me nā wahi snorkeling," i haʻi aku ʻo ia i ka AFP.

"Ke nānā wale nei mākou i ka mea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana e pale i ka haumia i ke komo ʻana i ke kaiapuni."
Ua hoʻoholo ke aupuni i kahi kānāwai e pāpā ana i ka pale lā "reef-ʻona" mai Ian 1, 2020.

ʻO kēlā me kēia mea e lawe mai ana a kūʻai aku paha i ka sunscreen i pāpā ʻia mai kēlā lā e kū i kahi $ US (1,000 baht) maikaʻi, ʻoiai nā mākaʻikaʻi nāna e lawe mai i ka ʻāina e kāʻili ʻia.

"ʻO ka mana e kāʻili aku i nā pale sunscreens pono e lawa pono e kāohi i kā lākou hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i ka ʻoihana, a ke hele nei kēia mau mea i ke kaulike ma waena o ka aʻo ʻana i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me ka makaʻu iā lākou," i haʻi aku ʻo Remengesau i ka pāremaka ma hope o ka holo ʻana o ka bila i ka pule i hala.

Ua hoʻolaha aku ka mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka pāpā ʻana i nā sunscreens ʻawahia ākea i Mei o kēia makahiki, akā ʻaʻole ia i ikaika a hiki i ka 2021, hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o Palau.