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Scientists have warned about the impact of plastic pollution in the most pristine corners of the world after discovering chemical additives in birds’ eggs in the High Arctic.Eggs laid by northern fulmars on Prince Leopold Island in the Canadian Arctic tested positive for hormone-disrupting phthalates, a family of chemicals that are added to plastics to keep them flexible. It is the first time the additives have been found in Arctic birds’ eggs.
This is sad. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/17/plastics-reach-remote-pristine-environments-scientists-say
Not really
Meh.I guess not everybody will be bothered by the idea that even the most remote parts of the world are becoming tainted by chemicals used for plastic production. It'll definitely be with great sadness that I explain to my grandchildren how my generation and the ones that preceded it destroyed the natural world.
Meh yourself. Presence is not destruction. That’s a ridiculous leap of illogic.
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Chemicals from plastic showing up in remote arctic regions is writing on the wall. It's going to keep getting worse. Preserving nature isn't profitable enough, and money is the only thing that matters in this world.
Our modern technology makes it possible to make plastic-like items from biodegradable materials, using soy as an example. Grocery bags, straws, etc.We should stop using the ocean as a dump, and clean it up.
I seem to recall reading that despite Americans being blamed for the plastics in the ocean, it actually comes from Asia.
Largely because that's where production has been outsourced to.