He aha ke ʻano o ka wai ʻoni suntan ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e pale ai i kou ʻili ke kahakai ma Hawaii, Florida a Palau paha?
ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi lotion suntan i kahi mākaʻikaʻi i kahi likiki manuahi e pepehi i nā ʻākoʻakoʻa. ʻO ka wai ʻaila Suntan i loaʻa ka oxybenzone a me ka octinoxate, ʻelua mau kemika maʻamau i ʻike ʻia e hōʻino i nā ʻākoʻakoʻa,
ʻO ka luku ʻana i nā ʻākoʻakoʻa ke pepehi ʻana i ka huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, a ukali ʻia e ka luku ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai o kahi ʻāina liʻiliʻi e like me Palau.
No laila, lilo ke aupuni o Palau i ʻāina mua kahi i kū ʻole ai ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o kēlā pale pale lā i lalo o ke kānāwai, ma lalo o Pelekikena Tommy Remengesau. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻeiwa mau pelekikena ʻo Palau mai ka makahiki 2013. Ua lilo ʻo ia i pelekikena ʻehiku mai 2001 a 2009. He Senator ʻo ia ma ka Palau National Congress ma waena o kāna mau lawelawe ʻelua.
He lāhui kūʻokoʻa ʻo Palau a me kahi pae ʻāina ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 mau mokupuni, kahi ʻāpana o ka moku Micronesia ma ke komohana o ka Moana Pākīpika. ʻO Koror Island kahi home o ke kapikala mua, a kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo Koror, a ʻo ia ke kikowaena ʻoihana mokupuni. ʻO Babeldaob ka nui nui o kēia kapena ʻo Ngerulmud, a me nā kuahiwi a me nā kahakai one ma kona kahakai hikina. I kona ʻākau, nā monolith basalt kahiko i ʻike ʻia ʻo Badrulchau e moe ana i nā māla mauʻu e hoʻopuni ʻia e nā lāʻau pāma.
"Pono mākou e ola a mahalo i ke kaiapuni no ka mea ʻo ka pōʻaiapuni ka pūnana o ke ola," wahi a Palau Pelekikena ʻo Tommy Remengesau. "
Hoʻokomo ka Oxybenzone a me ka octinoxate i ke kukui ultraviolet, ka pāhawewe e kumu ai i ka lā ʻana o ka lā a me ka ʻili.
ʻO nā hale kūʻai e kūʻai aku ana i ka pale lā me kēlā mau kemika hiki ke uku ʻia a $ 1,000, a ʻae ʻia nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e komo i ka ʻāina e lawe i ka pale pale lā.
Ma waho aʻe o ke koakoo hūpō, ua hōʻike ʻia nā kemikū ʻelua e hōʻino a hōʻino hoʻi i kāna DNA, a me ka deform a me ka pepehi ʻana i nā koʻa ʻōpio. Ua hopohopo nā ʻauʻau ʻili maikaʻi i ka pale ʻana o ka lā i hiki ke hoʻohana i nā pale kai ʻohe.
"Ma ke ʻano he mea mālama i nā mea kupaianaha kaulana kaulana o ka honua, me kahi Pūnaewele Hoʻoilina o UNESCO, he kuleana mākou e paipai i ka mālama kūpono ʻana i kēia mau palena ʻāina e nā lehulehu o nā malihini kipa e huakaʻi mai nā wahi o ka honua e ʻike iā lākou," Heluhelu ke kānāwai.
Ua ʻike ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina Palau i nā hana luku i ke kaiapuni e nā malihini kipa ʻole me ka hemo ʻana o nā mea i loaʻa ʻole, ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o nā ʻākako i nā ʻiʻo a me nā mea haumia kemikala, a me ka waiho ʻana o ka ʻōpala ea.
Hoʻopau kekahi kānāwai ʻē aʻe i ka 80% o ka ʻāpana hoʻokele waiwai i loko o kahi hale kai i nā lawaiʻa a me nā hana kai e like me ka mining a me ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka manō, e hoʻokau ana i kahi lawaiʻa lawaiʻa ma luna o 190,000 mile kuea o ka moana.
ʻO Hawaii a me Key West, Florida e ukali iā Palau ma 2021.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “As the custodians of many world-famous natural wonders, including a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is our duty to encourage responsible treatment of these landmarks by the many thousands of visitors who travel from around the world to experience them,” the law reads.
- Hoʻopau kekahi kānāwai ʻē aʻe i ka 80% o ka ʻāpana hoʻokele waiwai i loko o kahi hale kai i nā lawaiʻa a me nā hana kai e like me ka mining a me ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka manō, e hoʻokau ana i kahi lawaiʻa lawaiʻa ma luna o 190,000 mile kuea o ka moana.
- Palau is an independent nation and an archipelago of over 500 islands, part of the Micronesia region in the western Pacific Ocean.
