There are a number of ways you can make a difference. The mission of Sunscreen Pollution Awareness (SPA) is to educate people of the challenge at hand and different ways to tackle it. Below are a few examples of how you can make difference as a consumer and a member of your community. 

Sustainable Spending

Reef-friendly Sunscreen



There are a number of resources around the web that list healthy and sustainable reef-friendly sunscreen options. Below are a few sunscreen options you should consider and organizations you should follow. 

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Reef-friendly Sunscreen

• Thinksport SPF 50 Sunscreen 

• Kokua Sun Care Hawaiian SPF 50 Zinc Sunscreen 

• All Good SPF 30 Sport Sunscreen Lotion 

• Suntegrity Natural Mineral Sunscreen 

Noteworthy Organizations 

• EWG

• Travel Leisure

• Haereticus Envirnoment Lab

Legislation

Hawaiian Senate Bill 2571


On Tuesday, July 23, 2018, Hawaiian Governor David Ige signed into law Senate Bill 2571 (now Act 104). This law makes Hawaii the first state in the United States of America to ban the sale and distribution of sunscreens made with oxybenzone and octinoxate without a prescription from a healthcare provider. 

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This law took a year to come to fruition yet along the way many communities in the state of Hawaii committed to educating the local public and guests to the island about the dangers of sunscreen pollution. 

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The Maui Ocean Center was a prominent activist tackling this challenge. The group stopped selling harmful sunscreens in their gift store, wrote and designed blogs and infographics, testified to their local government, and hosted leading scientist on their podcast Sea Talk.