I also saw that program tonight. The quantity of extra plastic that
enters the oceans daily is astounding... except in waters off South
Australia, where people pay a deposit on drink bottles and can return
them for the refund. If that system was introduced world wide, it might
actually make a difference. However, the common drink bottle is only one
part of the problem. One bird was found with many other plastic items in
its stomach. One of them was the plastic arm of a doll. We need to
somehow reduce our dependence on plastic items... perhaps when oil runs
out. There are non-plastic alternatives, but I guess they are more
expensive. If we do nothing, the pain and suffering of wildlife will
only keep increasing.
Regards,
Merrilyn
On 6/09/2012 8:32 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
Dear B-A,
An excellent but scary item on the effects of plastic ingestion by sea birds
and other sea life on the ABC program, Quantum, tonight. I was aware of the
problem with the ingestion of larger pieces of plastic on seabirds, but
researchers have found an even worse problem. It seems that plastic particles
adsorb pollutants such as mercury and it then enters the food chain, ending up
in the top predators, with us at the top. It has put me off seafood.
The program is worth catching on iView.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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