Plastic Found in Seafood throughout the Caribbean Oceans and Other Oceans Around The World.
Do You Eat Fish? You Could be Eating Plastic
Brown travelled to 18 different shorelines across the world and found that 85 percent of the sediment along these shores were composed of microfibers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariellasimke/2020/01/21/there-is-plastic-in-your-fish/
Microplastics are small enough to be ingested by sea animals, including those that end up on our plates. 70 years of manufacturing plastic later, we are finally starting to see where it all ends up when we toss it.
Where are microplastics found?
Microplastics are found everywhere in the ocean, floating at the surface, mixed in with the water column and some are denser than water and sink to the seafloor. Plastics have been discovered thousands of feet down in the deepest reaches of the ocean. Even the arctic and Antarctica have become dumping grounds for these tiny plastics. Plastic polymers contain additives such as pigments, plasticizers, heat and UV stabilizers, fillers, and flame retardants such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). These additives can leach into surrounding water and potentially cause problems for environmental and human health.
https://chinadialogueocean.net/14200-how-does-plastic-pollution-affect-the-ocean/
I’m just happy that I’ve seen and peered into different dimensions and will be ok with me, as for others umm, well, good luck! https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Blog September 04, 2020 at 09:31PM
