Hawaii Gov. David Ige just signed a bill that would outlaw sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate starting in 2021. There are concerns the chemicals are hurting the state’s coral reefs.
More than two-thirds of sunscreens sold in the U.S. contain oxybenzone, reports April Fulton, and up to 8 percent contain octinoxate.
So how are you to protect yourself while minimizing potential damage to coral? The good news is that there are already thousands of sunscreen products that don’t contain oyxbenzone or octinoxate.
You can try mineral sunscreens that don't easily rinse off in the water. Another option is swim clothes with sun-blocking fabric, though you should still apply sunscreen to exposed skin.
Check out the Shots post for a rundown on alternatives to consider.
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In Arnaldo Rios Soto's North Miami neighborhood, neighbors knew him as the man with the toy trucks. Stim toys, like Arnaldo's trucks, are objects that people on the spectrum (or anyone else) can use to make soothing repetitive movements.
Member station WNYC invited autistic New Yorkers from all over the spectrum to a portrait session with their favorite stim toys or other important objects. They talked with these people about how they want to be perceived.
The session came about through reporting for the podcast Aftereffect, which examines the way a police shooting upended Arnaldo’s life. North Miami police officers mistook Arnaldo's toy for a gun.
You can see the portraits here. If you’d like to go straight to the podcast episodes, you can find them here.
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In Nashville, Tenn., Vicki Bartholomew started a support group for wives who are caring for a husband with Alzheimer's disease.
It’s the kind of support she needed herself. "My husband's still living, and now I'm in an even more difficult situation — I'm married, but I'm a widow," she says.
As the numbers of Americans with Alzheimer's disease grows, so do the numbers of loved ones caring for friends and family members. The challenges for those people is one reason why the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is focusing on helping the nation's estimated 16 million unpaid caregivers, Nashville Public Radio’s Blake Farmer reports.
"We have to do everything we can to educate a caregiver, to provide them with the best practices on caring for somebody," says Charles J. Fuschillo Jr., the Alzheimer's Foundation of America's CEO.
Your Shots editor, Scott Hensley
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