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Dan.Linehan · 12-31-2007, 10:46 PM

Interesting article on garbage in the Oceans.

Are There Really Continents of Floating Garbage?

Here are some highlights:

Kiernan says it’s killing wildlife in a vicious cycle. Holding an ashtray filled with colorful pieces of plastic he told The Sydney Morning Herald, "this is the contents of a fleshy-footed shearwater's stomach. They go to the ocean to fish but there ain't no fish - there's plastic. They then regurgitate it down the necks of their fledglings and it kills them. After the birds decompose, the plastic gets washed back into the ocean where it can kill again. It's a form of ghost fishing, where it goes on and on."
The United Nations Environment Program says plastic is accountable for the deaths of more than a million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and seals every year.
Greenpeace reports that about 70 per cent of the plastic that makes it to the ocean sinks to the bottom, where it then smothers marine life on the ocean floor. Dutch scientists have found 600,000 tons of discarded plastic on the bottom of the North Sea alone.

Dan.Linehan · 02-27-2008, 11:31 PM

{aspiring_to_clarity} · 02-28-2008, 05:24 PM

Ewwww. That is just sad. Plastic is so ubiquitous! We have got to find something else to rely on that doesn't come with such a high cost.

12-31-2007, 10:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dan.Linehan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Rafael, CA Posts: 4,894	Continents of Garbage? Interesting article on garbage in the Oceans. Are There Really Continents of Floating Garbage? Here are some highlights: Kiernan says it’s killing wildlife in a vicious cycle. Holding an ashtray filled with colorful pieces of plastic he told The Sydney Morning Herald, "this is the contents of a fleshy-footed shearwater's stomach. They go to the ocean to fish but there ain't no fish - there's plastic. They then regurgitate it down the necks of their fledglings and it kills them. After the birds decompose, the plastic gets washed back into the ocean where it can kill again. It's a form of ghost fishing, where it goes on and on." The United Nations Environment Program says plastic is accountable for the deaths of more than a million seabirds and more than 100,000 marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and seals every year. Greenpeace reports that about 70 per cent of the plastic that makes it to the ocean sinks to the bottom, where it then smothers marine life on the ocean floor. Dutch scientists have found 600,000 tons of discarded plastic on the bottom of the North Sea alone. __________________ Best, Dan Linehan For web development & design: Etopolos \| Facebook

02-27-2008, 11:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dan.Linehan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Rafael, CA Posts: 4,894	Two pounds of plastics found in dead whales stomach: Banish the bags: The amazing picture of 2lb of plastic poison found in whale's stomach \| the Daily Mail __________________ Best, Dan Linehan For web development & design: Etopolos \| Facebook

02-28-2008, 05:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
{aspiring_to_clarity} Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,635 ${aspiring_to_clarity} is on a distinguished road$	Ewwww. That is just sad. Plastic is so ubiquitous! We have got to find something else to rely on that doesn't come with such a high cost.
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