Hawaii became the first US state this year to ban the sale of any sunscreens containing ingredients linked to the harming or destruction of coral reefs: oxybenzone and octinoxate.
Since then, the US Virgin Islands and the island city of Key West in Florida have followed in Hawaii’s footsteps with similar bans. But it was the Pacific archipelago of Palau, which prides itself on being a “pristine paradise” for divers, that set the precedent in 2020 when it became the first country to ban “reef toxic” sunscreen.
“This is a big issue for reef environments that rely on tourism and heavy people traffic,” says Craig Leeson, who directed the documentary
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Moving experience: I was born in 1981, in Taiwan. My dad is British and my mum is Taiwanese. They split up when I was five and my dad moved to Hong Kong. My stepdad worked for an airline and moved around every three years.
From Taiwan, we moved to Los Angeles, back to Taiwan, then to Hong Kong. And from there it was constant moving: by the time I was in my mid-20s, I d moved 18 times and lived in Asia, Canada, the United States, India, Italy and the UK. I ve lived in Hong Kong three times and went to Island School for just over a year when I was 12.