PASS Hangs Hopes On NAS Study To Stop Maui’s Non-Mineral Sunscreen Ban
Executive Summary
A spokesperson for the sunscreen advocacy group is hopeful that a National Academies of Sciences study on the way will convince Maui County not to ban non-chemical sunscreens as planned in October. At the same time, “We’re very concerned that there are members of the Maui County Council that would prefer to just ban everything rather than wait for the science,” she said.
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