Microplastics make their way from our use of consumables and from our homes through wastewater to our waterways. Our use of personal care products allows microbeads to pass through the sewer, and on to our waters with the effluent discharge. Plastic pollution is a global problem with global implications for fisheries, tourism, marine ecosystems and human health.
10. "there's some sort of missing sink“ - Law
That raises the concern that marine animals
could be poisoned by toxic chemicals carried
by the plastic
Seal feces image courtesy of Gerd Liebezeit
11. "When you expect to see zero plastic hundreds of miles
from shore, it's shocking"
author and SEA oceanographer Kara Lavender Law
12. Plastic is really the toxic killer. While
it slowly degrades, it turns into
increasingly smaller bits of plastic.
13. Where’s it coming from?
6 continents
all contaminated with microplastics
18 beaches
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16. It’s a “People Problem”.
With disposability comes litter.
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19. Intrigued?
Visit these for more information:
Algalita.org
5gyres.org
PlasticPollutionCoalition.org
Surfrider.org
