Hawai’i State Legislature is actively defending Hawaii’s marine biodiversity from sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate after they were shown to have negative impacts on marine life when introduced into the sea by leaching off snorkelers and swimmers. A ban on their sale and distribution has been passed, and a ban on sunscreens containing avobenzone and octocrylene is following. Many swimmers and snorkelers made aware of chemical contamination caused by sunscreen on people in water switched to products using metal oxides as protection for human skin. However, research has found these metal oxides can form intermediate compounds in water that can harm aquatic life. We are currently inhabiting an uncomfortable space where we have knowledge of the damage caused by sunscreen released in aquatic environments, but we have not developed substitutes that are proven to provide effective skin protection and to be harmless to wildlife.