Joey Mendez
May 17, 2018
Soc 122
Discussion Paper
On Earth 2018, people are ending plastic pollution in Oceans, Lands, and Our Bodies. The documents goes on to talk about how there is nearly 300 million tons of plastic sold each year and about 90 percent of it ends up in our oceans, land, and even inside our bodies. Dr. Marcus Eriksen is the leading expert on microplastics, and he explains these microplastics are broken down fragments of larger plastics. He talked about how animals are consuming these plastics and how plastic bottles and other trash is being found floating all over the ocean and even frozen in sea ice. Amy Goodman asked him what impact it has on humans and he went on to talk about how one sixth of the planet gets their protein from fish which means not only are people getting protein, but they are also consuming these plastics and toxins that the fish are consuming. Eriksen created a junk raft out of the same trash people consume everyday to get the world's attention. He used 15,000 plastic bottles, old fishing nets, 20 sailboat masts, and an airplane wing to make the deck. He talked about how how all of the North Pacific is cover in plastic and waste. Eriksen and his colleague Frederick vom Saal wants to eliminate the BPA in our cans and bottles. His studies have brought attention to many people and is now growing across the world. The movement is call "The Break Free from Plastics movement". He now has over 1,060 organizations supporting him and trying to eliminate certain plastics. After reading this article I was in shock how much plastic is sold each year. That is a huge number and to find that 90 percent of it is ending up in the ocean is horrible. Everyone need to make a change so this problem does not happen because it is ruining the beautiful planet we all live on.
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/4/20/earth_day_2018_ending_plastic_pollution
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