{"id":4200,"date":"2019-05-08T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/us-sen-jeff-merkley-proposes-legislation-to-address-damage-to-coral-reefs-from-sunscreen\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:47","slug":"us-sen-jeff-merkley-proposes-legislation-to-address-damage-to-coral-reefs-from-sunscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/us-sen-jeff-merkley-proposes-legislation-to-address-damage-to-coral-reefs-from-sunscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley propone legislaci\u00f3n para abordar los da\u00f1os causados a los arrecifes de coral por los protectores solares"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley (dem\u00f3crata por Oregon) present\u00f3 hoy una legislaci\u00f3n destinada a proteger los arrecifes de coral de los productos qu\u00edmicos de protecci\u00f3n solar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">La Ley de Estudio de Impacto de la Oxybenzona y el Octinoxato de 2019, copatrocinada por la senadora Mazie Hirono (D-Haw\u00e1i), requerir\u00eda que la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental estudie el efecto de dos qu\u00edmicos de protecci\u00f3n solar comunes en el medio ambiente y la salud p\u00fablica.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Una medida separada, la Ley de Seguridad de los Arrecifes de 2019, requerir\u00eda que la Administraci\u00f3n de Alimentos y Medicamentos etiquete los protectores solares que no da\u00f1an los arrecifes de coral.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">&quot;Si bien la protecci\u00f3n solar es incre\u00edblemente importante, debemos tomar medidas si estos qu\u00edmicos da\u00f1an la salud humana o nuestro medio ambiente&quot;, dijo Merkley en un comunicado. &quot;Comprender el impacto total de estos qu\u00edmicos en nuestros cuerpos y en la vida marina es un primer paso fundamental para garantizar que no nos pongamos en peligro a nosotros mismos o a nuestro planeta sin darnos cuenta cuando nos ponemos protector solar durante un d\u00eda en la playa&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">El octinoxato y la oxibenzona, dos ingredientes clave de los protectores solares comerciales, da\u00f1an el ADN de los arrecifes de coral, haci\u00e9ndolos menos resistentes al cambio clim\u00e1tico. Los productos qu\u00edmicos tambi\u00e9n pueden da\u00f1ar los erizos de mar, los delfines, los mariscos y los huevos de tortugas marinas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">El&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/05\/06\/health\/sunscreen-bloodstream-fda-study\/index.html\">La FDA encontr\u00f3 recientemente<\/a>&nbsp;que en un solo d\u00eda de uso de protector solar, las sustancias qu\u00edmicas pueden acumularse en el torrente sangu\u00edneo de una persona a niveles potencialmente peligrosos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">El a\u00f1o pasado, el estado de Hawaii y la ciudad de Key West, Florida,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/07\/us\/sunscreen-coral-reef-key-west.html\">vot\u00f3 para restringir la venta de protectores solares<\/a>&nbsp;con productos qu\u00edmicos nocivos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-print-12\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">La legislaci\u00f3n de Merkley requerir\u00eda que los resultados del estudio de la EPA sobre el octinoxato y la oxibenzona se hicieran p\u00fablicos dentro de los 18 meses siguientes a su realizaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sen. 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