Why
are microbeads so dangerous? Here’s a simple explanation.
Given that there are currently 18,000 pieces of plastic litter floating on every square kilometer of the world’s oceans and that an estimated 44 percent of marine mammals, 86 percent of sea turtles and up to 90 percent of seabirds have plastic in their guts, every piece of plastic we stop from entering the ocean is a potential life saved.
Jeff
Hansen, Managing Director, Sea Shepherd Australia
Zooplankton are ingesting tiny
particles of plastic pollution, and that could be bad news for the health of
the oceans.
There is so much plastic going into the ocean that scientists now predict 96 percent of all marine wildlife will have plastic inside it within 50 years. That’s everything right down to marine krill.
Gary
Fry, Taronga Conservation Society
The most dangerous things you can find in the ocean.
Source: http://www.upworthy.com/the-most-dangerous-sea-creatures-in-the-world-are-on-this-graphic?c=gasan1
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