Seabirds

Plastic for dinner

Microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic debris less than 5 mm in diameter, are everywhere in every ocean – from Bermuda to Iceland.
…And seabirds and other animals in the ocean are having it for dinner.

In the North Sea more than 95 % of the Northern Fulmar birds were found to have plastic debris in their guts. For many of these birds the result will be reproductive problems or death.

Moreover, fish and mussels are also eating microplastics and thereby passing on the toxic microplastics into the food chain, which might end up on your dinner table!

You can do something: Stop using personal care products (such as body scrubs, creams, soaps, toothpastes and cosmetic) containing Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and Nylon.

Or at least minimize it.

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