One of the biggest health hazard we face today is the catastrophic amount of plastics in our oceans. Not only does it cause changes in the composition of our ocean water, it causes loss of marine life, and the very real possibility that the fish we eat have been infected with plastic toxins from the ocean.
This is our plastic sent to China prior to the Green Fence initiative they imposed on us. I imagine the
y realized getting the plastic was too big of a price to pay for the minimal “metal” they reaped out of it all. The price was pollution of the greatest to human health.
Now we
send our trash to young developing countries where it is sifted through to find the metal which is sold. The rest is left to leach into the soil or blow into the oceans and in all cases it is a risk to land animals, marine life, and humans.
Do we actually think out of sight out of mind? We are now reaping the consequences of this 1950 invention that we thought was the greatest.
I believe that many illnesses, physical and mental, are the result of the toxins we breathe and the foods we eat. I believe we need to do whatever we can to affect change in this arena.
These photos are what the plastics in our oceans are doing to our marine life. The next time you eat fish, determine if it is possible that fish belly was filled with tiny pieces of plastic. Plastic in the ocean breaks down into very small pieces, but it takes many, many years for that process to happen. Because of the chemicals used to create the plastic containers, toxins are leached into the water when the plastic finally breaks down. Fish think this is food. Not only that, some of that plastic, like bags can smother the marine life. Over 600 types of marine line are vulnerable to harm form the original form or the toxins when they break down. As you can see not only plastics harm our marine life, look at the whale caught up in netting from fishing boats. When do we start to reverse this tragedy?
Perfect Imperfections! 