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How plastic in the ocean is connected to human action.

Facts

  • People eats the fish that ate plastics so there might be plastics in our stomach. 
  • Invisible plastics are in tap water, beer, salt because of plastic pollution.
  • Scientist found Microplastic in 83% of tap water and 93% of bottled water.
  • Scientist found micro-plastics in 114 marine species. 1/3 of them ends up in our plates.
  • Some people don’t care about plastic in the ocean because they think that the ocean is really big and it doesn’t matter.
  • Toothpaste contains 10% of Micro-plastic.
  • Micro-plastics are connected to air pollution.
  • Plastic makes human body bad. examples: headache, dizziness, coughing, birth effect, cancer, lungs problem, food poisoning, skin diseases (rashes, skin cancer, allergy), Breathing difficulties, etc.
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Sources

  • Ms Kesler (My homeroom teacher)
  • “Marine Plastics.” IUCN, 25 May 2018, https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/marine-plastics
  • Environment, U. N. “Plastic Pollution: How Humans Are Turning the World into Plastic.” UN Environment, 7 Mar. 2018, http://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/video/plastic-pollution-how-humans-are-turning-world-plastic
  • YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjMd-VNEac
  • YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RLrTCVmLCc
  • YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODni_Bey154
  • YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZW2ByM623g
  • YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjT8GG0ETQg
  • YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA9O9YUbQew&feature=youtu.be
  • “These 5 Marine Animals Are Dying Because of Our Plastic Trash … Here’s How We Can Help.” One Green Planet, 22 Apr. 2019, https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/marine-animals-are-dying-because-of-our-plastic-trash/​
















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  • Home
  • Blog
  • Knowledge
    • How animals and coral are affected by plastics in the ocean
    • How plastic in the ocean is connected to human action
    • Our responsibility to care for the ocean
  • Bibliography
  • Photos
  • Links