- unethical
- preventable
- cruel
Why Is Plastic in the Ocean Harmful?
- Plastic builds up inside an animals system upon ingestion
- Chemicals in the plastic such as PBA'S are transferred to the animals tissue and lead to Biomagnification ( the effect in a food web when chemicals in the water or in the food animals eat are transferred to and accumulate in an animal’s tissue. This pollution becomes more and more concentrated in tissues of animals higher up on the food web.)
- Persistent Organic Pollutants already in the water become attached to plastic and ass to unnatural chemicals being ingested and absorbed
- Organisms large and small attach onto the abundant plastic and are transported to places they would otherwise not been able to reach
- Marine life can become entangled or trapped in large debris
Below is a video which explains this in more detail ;
Another socially related problem is the loss of animal life from the destructive influence of
the trash vortex and therefore people in the future will be unable to see specific animals due to extinction and will not witness or experience the interaction with nature and its true
beauty.
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