Indawo ephawuleka kakhulu yase-US Virgin Islands 'Inobuthi 3 Os' iba ngumthetho

Iziqhingi zase-Virgin zase-US UMbusi u-Albert Bryan Jr. usanda kuqopha umlando ngokusayinwa koMthetho 8185, ovimbela ukungeniswa, ukuthengiswa kanye nokusatshalaliswa kwe-sunscreen equkethe "i-3 Os" enobuthi ye-oxybenzone, i-octinoxate ne-octocrylene endaweni, evikela amakhorali, impilo yasolwandle nempilo yabantu. Lo mthetho, owaphasiswa ngazwilinye futhi waxhaswa amasenenja ayisishiyagalombili aholwa nguSenator Marvin A. Blyden noSenator uJanelle K. Sarauw, wenza i-USVI ibe ngeyokuqala ukwamukela isimemezelo sakamuva se-FDA esazi kuphela i-zinc oxide ne-titanium dioxide (i-sunscreen yezimbiwa) njengezithako zokuphepha ezisebenza ngokuphepha futhi ezisebenza kahle elangeni. I- I-USVI ban kunezela isithako se-octocrylene kumakhemikhali angavunyelwe eHawaii naseKey West, okusho ukuthi izivikeli elangeni eziphephile zamaminerali ziba ukukhetha okuzenzakalelayo. Ukuvinjelwa okuphelele kuqale ukusebenza ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye ngaphambi kokuvinjelwa kwe-US, ngoMashi 30, 2020, ngokulinganiselwa okuthile kuqala ngokushesha.

"Ezokuvakasha eziQhingini zaseVirginia ziyigazi lethu - kepha ukuqinisekisa ukuthi siyaqhubeka nokuheha izivakashi ngamabhishi ethu asezingeni lomhlaba nobuhle bemvelo eminyakeni ezayo, sidinga ukuvikela amakhorali ethu njengengxenye yesifiso sethu sokuqala ezokuvakasha ezizinzile," kusho uMbusi u-Albert Bryan Jr. “Lokhu kubalulekile kulo lonke elaseCaribbean futhi ngibiza abanye ukuthi bangijoyine. Sonke sihlanganyela futhi kufanele sivikele izilwandle zethu. ”

Ngokusho kweNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), kunobufakazi besayensi obukhombisa ukuthi i-oxybenzone iyabulala kuma-coral futhi isongela impilo yemifula yonke. Ngokushesha lapho kusayinwa umbusi, abathengisi abasavunyelwe ukufaka ama-oda amasha wesikhumba selanga esine-oxybenzone, i-octinoxate ne-octocrylene futhi bavinjelwe ukuthola izimpahla ngemuva kukaSepthemba 30, 2019. Ukufakwa kwe-octocrylene kulokhu kuvinjelwa kubalulekile njengoba kuvame ukusetshenziswa ngokuhlanganiswa namanye amakhemikhali ayingozi njenge-avobenzone, ngakho-ke ukuvinjelwa kwe-octocrylene kuzisusa ngempumelelo lezo zithako.

"Imithombo yamakhorali inezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo eziphakeme kunanoma yiziphi izinhlelo zemvelo zomhlaba futhi ibalulekile ekuvikeleni izindawo ezisogwini nasekusekeleni impilo yasolwandle, nokho iCaribbean ilahlekelwe yimifula engu-80%," kusho uSenator Blyden. "Ukuvikela esinakho kubalulekile kwezokuvakasha kanye nasembonini yethu yokudoba naseziqhingini zethu jikelele."

USenator Sarauw wengeze wathi, “Lawa makhemikhali awagcini ngokufaka ubuthi emanzini ethu, ayasifaka nobuthi. Atholakale obisini lwebele, egazini nasemchameni futhi abangela ukulimala kwamaseli okungaholela kumdlavuza, kuphazamise ama-hormone futhi kungadala ukungezwani komzimba okukhulu. Kunezinye izindlela eziphephe, nezisimeme njengama-sunscreen angewona ama-nano angalimazi amadwala ethu noma impilo yethu. ”

“Lokhu kuvinjelwa okuyisisekelo kuzohlinzeka ngokuvikelwa kwemvelo kanye nempilo yethu kodwa okubaluleke ngokufanayo emithethweni ukwakha ukuqwashisa ngobungozi balawa makhemikhali uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela eziphephile njengama-sunscreen amaminerali. Lawa makhemikhali angamazinga amukeleka ngaphezu kwamashumi amane emanzini asezindaweni, ”kusho uMengameli wase-Island Green Living Association uHarith Wickrema. Inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yaseSt. John ibihola umkhankaso wezemfundo ngobungozi besikhumba selanga esinobuthi kusukela ngo-40. “Ngaphezu kokulimala kwezemvelo nokulimaza abantu, umnotho osuselwa kwezokuvakasha uzobhekana nokulimazeka kwezezimali uma kufa amakhorali kanye nolwandle. Umphumela wokukhubazeka ubungaba mkhulu futhi sidinga ukuthatha isinyathelo manje. ”

"Ukuvinjelwa kwama-sunscreens anobuthi kuma-coral kanye nezibungu zawo kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekuvikeleni izixhobo zamakhorali zase-US Virgin Islands," kusho uDkt Paul Jobsis, uMqondisi weCentre for Marine & Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands . “Kanye nokuzivikela elangeni okunobuthi okungena olwandle lwethu, ukudoba ngokweqile, ukugeleza okungalawuleki, nokushisa kwesimo sezulu kunomthelela ekonakaleni kwezixhobo zethu zamakhorali. Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuthi iziQhingi zaseVirginia zase-US zihamba phambili futhi iphasise umthetho ozosiza amadwala ethu e-coral futhi unake nokubaluleka kwawo emnothweni wethu nakwezemvelo. ”

I- "toxic 3 Os" e-sunscreen igeza imizimba yabantu lapho ibhukuda futhi ibangela amakhorali amakhorali, i- "zombie" coral ebukeka iphilile kepha engakwazi ukuzala kanye nezinye izinkinga. Iphinde ingene olwandle lapho amanzi angcolile kanye nokugeleza kwamanzi kungena olwandle. Izindaba ezimnandi ukuthi uma la makhemikhali esephumile emanzini, ama-coral angavuseleleka.

Esikhundleni se-sunscreen yamakhemikhali, i-sunscreen yamaminerali engeyona i-nano equkethe i-zinc oxide ne-titanium dioxide ivikela elangeni futhi ayilimazi ama-coral. Izembozo ezinjengonogada abaneziqubu nezigqoko nazo ziyasebenza emisebeni yelanga eyonakalisayo.

Ingozi yesikhumba selanga esinobuthi ithole ukunakwa okungalindelekile ngenxa kaMongameli uBill Clinton, lapho ebonga uWickrema ngokumfundisa ngezingozi ze- “3 Os enobuthi” ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe e-USVI CGI Post-Disaster Recovery Event ekuqaleni kukaJuni. UClinton uqhubeke nokunxusa abebehambele lo mhlangano ukuthi basebenzise kuphela isivikelo selanga esiphephe amakhorali. “Kufanele sikwenze lokhu,” kusho yena.