Marine Plastics Kill

That is amazing that you posted that, I was watching and started doing beach clean-ups in 76. I know there has to be growth and progress, but we have not managed our progress for a sustainable future. We really need to go to work removing the contaminated plastics, NOAA is trying to get things rolling but the ideas for clean-up protocolresources are slow coming. We can sift every sink on a schedule if the resources were made available and remove tons of contaminated debris from the sand. Awesome post Sam --- maybe they did not run the commercial enough?

You're welcome. As you well know, the plastic debris we see on our beaches is just the tip of a very large iceberg of polyethylene, polypropylene, and other poison-laden materials that are slowly being ground up in the oceans. The very tiny particles of plastic that fish eat end up in our bodies (and the bodies of many other animals), fully-stocked with carcinogens.

The biology professor at our local college was shocked to find that a significant portion of the "sand" at Crescent Beach is actually tiny plastic particles that mimc sand. Worldwide, the carcasses of millions of turtles, fish, and birds testify to the magnitude of our heedless consumerism. Environmentalism is not an affectation that afflicts liberals; it is the path out of the garbage and chemical Hell we have created.

Tough images to see, but they're real.

It's like the commercial from when we were kids where the Indian had the tear running down his cheek after looking at all the human detritus to include plastic in and around our water.

Seeing that just breaks My heart.

Mine too. Sorry B. I don't mean to be the downer in your day.

Oh you didn't bring down My day. I just wish there was more i could do. The Wife and I do what we can. I am unable to do much

Thanks.

Thanks, artemis6.

It seems that more and more people are becoming sensitized to the pollution that threatens us.

Thanks.

Nice post. I live about 200 miles from there on the Oregon coast as well. Been to that beach on a number of occasions So this hits very close to home to me Thanks! Pretty much raised in this beautiful state and keeping it that way is something I believe in, as well as the impact of things like this this world wide

It's hard to describe (to someone who is not old enough to have seen what a really clean beach looks like) how awful it makes me feel to see the earth become a garbage dump.

I'm 31 so yea my generation has probably never seen a "clean" beach, and it's sad to me. Slowly but surely the generations have been getting more conscious about their environment, but unfortunately it's too slow. We need do drastically ramp up our Green Energy policy and fast track our research into wind, and solar as well as electric cars, sad thing is that in the 70's (I think) was a more viable electric car than what we have now. The movie is "Who killed the Electric Car". I have a poor memory our I would state the facts clearly, but big oil killed it and the technology at the time. What's sad is that Cars keep getting faster rather than driving farther. 500hp cars that go 200mph, why?? My mom had a Geo Metro in the 90's that got close to 50mpg, granted a 3 cylinder car, but it went as fast as it legally would ever need to at 75mph,and kind of ugly, but 50mpg! Now the car companies jump for joy at 38mpg? We have gone backwards at times, when the 90's cars had better fuel efficiency and in the 70's a car that was a viable electric car. It all comes down to greed, plain and simple, sad but true.
Sorry kind of got of topic, but yes the world is a landfill and intelligent and drastic changes are needed by young and old to make sure we have a future, a planet that is still livable

Well-said. Thank you.