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Synthetic sea: We are turning our oceans into a chemical soup - the result being misery and death for billions of organisms, and serious health implications for ourselves

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on September 30, 2008 at 8:16 am

From the Permaculture Research Institute:

When we throw things away, we must ask ourselves “where is away?” The clip below [take the link to view it], one of the most frightening I have ever seen, will give you an idea of where at least one of these ‘away’ locations is. Much of our oil-based plastic products end up in our oceans, where they slowly break down into smaller and smaller pieces. Although this may sound like a good thing, in reality all it means is that they are more readily taken up by fish, dolphins, whales, turtles, birds and a myriad other organisms. The plastic molecules never actually disappear. Plastic diminishes in size until in appearance it almost perfectly imitates plankton - resulting in a situation where creatures actually compete with each other to eat it. And, worse, in some parts of the ocean the ratio of plastic to plankton is 6:1, and rising.

Read more of this comprehensive article from the Permaculature Research Institute of the USA by clicking here.

September 30, 2008 · Filed Under Pacific Ocean Garbage Dump

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