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PLASTIC NEVER
goes away
All the plastic produced during the last
70 YEARS is still out there.
WITH NATURAL CURRENTS,
DISCARDED PLASTIC FORMS
HUGE FLOATING PATCHES IN
THE OCEANS.
WITH SUNLIGHT IT BREAKS
DOWN INTO MICROPLASTICS.
PLASTIC WASTE IS A HAZARD FOR ANIMALS AND POTENTIALLY FOR HUMANS:
Animals can get entangled in and Microplastics are eaten by tiny organisms, which are
strangled from plastic debris; they then eaten by larger organisms. So plastics are entering
can also eat the plastics and die. the food chain and the impact on animal and human
life on earth is unknown. 6
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6. National Geographic News, Thursday October 28, 2010.
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