How many people today grab a takeaway coffee cup from the local cafe to drink on the go? We don’t know, but the number must be enormous.. Most every one of the above have a plastic top that will last 100s of years. Some cafes still use plastic cups that last a similar time. Is 10 minutes of coffee worth 100s of years of trash?
These items can be seen littering our gutters and on our streets all over the place. If they were all cardboard, they would still be littered, but they would, at least, be gone in a short time.
They do not need to be made of plastic.
On the way home from the gym last week, a distance of about 1 km (1/2 mile), I counted the items of plastic litter on the curb as I walked. In that short distance I counted 63 pieces of plastic litter. Plastic drink bottles, bottle tops, candy wrappers, plastic film, polystyrene fragments etc. That seemed to be a lot to me. I guess it is a generational thing. Our parents would have been horrified to see that amount, whereas it seems to go unnoticed by our youth of today. In another 20 years how many pieces will there be on this stretch, -- 200? What will today’s youth think of that new amount then when they are older? Will their children be so readily accepting of a higher amount of litter? 
Microbeads are leaching toxic chemicals into fish, sparking public health fears
Posted on August 19, 2016 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations
A new study shows that microbeads are transferring toxic chemicals into fish that could be ending up on our plates.
Source: Microbeads are leaching toxic chemicals into fish, sparking public health fears
Australian and Chinese researchers have shown for the first time that chemical pollutants accumulated on the surface of microbeads can pass into the fish that eat them.
With fish being a staple meat in the Australian diet, the researchers say products with the tiny plastics should be immediately removed from sale.
SO far we SA, with a CDS and NSW, QLD and WA about to start one. Not long before a national CDS scheme is introduced. A plastic bag ban may be even sooner.
Discussion · No Comments
There are no responses to "Microbeads are leaching toxic chemicals into fish, sparking public health fears". Comments are closed for this post.Oops! Sorry, comments are closed at this time. Please try again later.