对爱美的女士来说，去海边度假不用防晒霜简直是不可想象的事情，但是美国夏威夷州即将颁布的禁令就是针对防晒霜的，因为各种防晒产品已经危及到那里珊瑚礁的生存。

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In an effort to save its at-risk coral reefs, Hawaii has become the first state to pass a law banning specific sunscreen products.

为了拯救夏威夷濒危的珊瑚礁，夏威夷州成为美国首个对特定防晒产品颁布禁令的州。

The new law prohibits the sale and distribution of sunscreens containing the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate. Scientists have found that these chemicals, when washed off the skin and into the ocean, can cause coral bleaching.

这项新法令禁止销售含有氧苯酮和桂皮酸盐的防晒产品。科学家发现防晒产品中的这些成分从人类身上被冲洗到海水中以后会导致珊瑚白化。

Coral reefs are fragile, yet vital, parts of the world's ecosystems, and they support the highest marine biodiversity in the world. Reefs are also essential to more than half a billion people who depend on them for food, jobs and recreation — with an estimated economic impact of $375 billion a year.

珊瑚礁十分脆弱，作为世界生态环境重要的一部分，珊瑚礁维持着世界最高的海洋生物多样性。同时，超过5亿人的食物、工作以及娱乐都要仰仗珊瑚礁资源。据估算，珊瑚礁每年可以创造出3750亿美元（合23769亿元人民币）的经济效益。

As early as the 1990s, scientists have examined the effects of sunscreen, and other personal products made with chemicals, on the environment. And a globe-spanning 2015 study examined coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands, Israel and Hawaii, and found that oxybenzone significantly leaches coral of nutrients. Some ecotourism sites and private resorts in the tropics already prohibit similar products.

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