Eco-Thinker

The North Pacific Tropical Gyre also known as the Garbage Patch – seven millions tons of floating plastic waste spanning an area twice the size of Texas. There is six times as much plastic in the gyre than there is plankton. Plankton is the area’s most abundant food source. Animals mistake this waste for food dying either from plastic poisoning or blockage of their digestive system. This plastic absorbs, transports, and releases hydrophobic pollutants (PCB,DDE,DDT) not only harming the oceans food chain, but us as well. Diseases, infertility, etc. Plastic is 100% nonbiodegradable. Reduce your plastic waste.

Dr. Vyvyan Howard, head of the Developmental Toxico-Pathology Research Group and a senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool in England, gives us a condensed history on the hazardous chemical soup that has resulted from the resource plundering petroleum industry. Bisphenol A is just one of many harmful synthetic compounds extensively used to produce the many plastics that you touch, breathe, wear, and consume daily.