Reel Aloha Life created a fund with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa -Department of Oceanography on the island of Oahu to support scientific research on marine pollution that helps mitigate the effects of human contaminants on ocean life and health. The fund directly supports research and discoveries on the sources and effects of pollutants and pathogens in the coastal waters of Hawai’i.

This Fund is monitored by the Oceanography Department to ensure the donations go directly to scientific research on marine pollution in the waters of Hawai’i that will help us better understand and mitigate the effects of human-derived contaminants on ocean life and health.

Exposure of coral to UV filters (oxybenzone, octinoxate) causes larval deformation and induces bleaching at low concentrations (Danovaro et al., 2008; Downs et al. 2016), as low as 62 parts per trillion (ppt).