A free Zoom webinar will focus on findings of the Hui water quality monitoring program, how the past year’s massive storms and brown water events affected water quality, and a new pesticide sampling project.
A ban on the use, sale or provision of polystyrene food service containers went into effect in Maui County more than three years ago. Researchers are exploring the question: “Did this ban improve the amounts or types of plastic on Maui beaches?”
The presentation titled
“Education vs. Enforcement: Next Steps Beyond the Enactment of Hawaii’s Sunscreen Law” is sponsored by the County of Maui Mayor’s Office of Economic Development and hosted by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council as part of the organization’s
“Know Your Ocean Speaker Series.” More events part of this series are held monthly via Zoom.
Dr. Craig Downs, whose groundbreaking research educated the world about sunscreen chemicals and their role in coral reef decline, will be a special guest speaker of this presentation.
Downs has received his Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii in cell and molecular biology, has published over 50 scientific papers and a number of book chapters in scientific textbooks, and is the co-editor of the CRC press veterinary book,
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