Comment

Be Famous in Your Spare Time

187
Sharmuta9/02/2009 10:44:07 am PDT

re: #178 Dianna

Marine debris worldwide kills more than 1 million sea birds and 100,000 mammals each year, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. The chemical-laden materials have been found in the stomachs of dead fish and birds.

“We know that these plastics can carry high levels of toxins that they collect as they float,” said Eriksen, 40, an oceanographer with Moore at the nonprofit Algalita Marine Research Foundation in Long Beach, California. “The next step is to see if it bio-accumulates up the food chain onto your dinner plate.”

bloomberg.com

Would we eat plastic and think it harmless?