02：生态环保 Palau blocks sunscreens to save coral reefs -2023中考英语外刊阅读原创试题（全国通用）

令学利网 学科网原针，让学司更会易！ JP.ZXXK.COM 终日不倦者，其唯学写 学科网精品频道全力推荐 02: 生态环保Palau blocks sunscreens to save coral reefs-2023中考英语外f刊原创 外刊原文： 主题语境： 人与自然 话题内容：环境保护 语篇类型：记叙文 Palau blocks sunscreens to save coral reefs The island nation of Palau has made sunscreens with certain chemicals in them against the law.The move is meant to protect its coral reefs(w瑚德)，which are one of the main reasons people visit the country. Beginning on January 1,2020,Palau banned all sunscreens containing any of 10 different chemicals believed to damage corals and other undersea life.Palau calls these sunscreens“reef-toxic” Visitors who arrive with these sunscreens will have to give them up.Anyone selling the banned sunscreens on Palau will have to pay a fine of up to $1,000. About 20,000 people live in Palau,spread out over hundreds of islands.The waters around the islands are famous for their coral reefs,which are important both for underwater life and for the people of Palau. Most of the money in Palau comes from tourists who visit the islands to dive.So for the people and government of Palau,keeping their corals healthy is very important for the future. Around the world,corals are dying,largely because of rising sea temperatures.But pollution from plastic and chemicals is also believed to play a part in the failing health of the world's corals. Though underwater corals may look like plants or rocks,they are actually made by millions oftiny animals over a long period of time.The coral structures built by these animals provide conditions that attract and support many other sea creatures. So when corals die off,it's not just about the corals. It's also about the collection of creatures that live in and 7.5% around them. But when corals and other sea creatures are very young and tiny,they can be strongly affected by dangerous chemicals in the water.Scientists have found that chemicals used in some kinds of sunscreen are especially dangerous.Some of the chemicals are also found in liquid soaps and shampoo