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A study done by the University of Exeter found that 100% of sea turtles have plastic in their stomachs because they mistake floating bags for jellyfish. Plastic pollution isn’t just littering beaches; it’s endangering marine life on a massive scale.
Studies show that more than 70% of all seal and sea lion species are at risk of entanglement from plastic pollution. Plastic entanglement causes seals to drown, suffocate, or exhaust themselves trying to escape.
According to the National Geographic, 90% of seabirds have plastic in their stomachs because they mistake floating trash for fish or squid.
Unfortunately, the average American uses more than 500 plastic zip bags every year. In total,we use more than 100 billion plastic zip bags nationwide! That’s a huge amount of trash that is killing our sea life.
It takes around 20 years for a single plastic bag to break down in the ocean — and even then, it doesn’t disappear completely. It just breaks into smaller, more harmful microplastics that stay in the environment forever.
Studies show that 1 in 3 fish caught for human consumption contain plastic — meaning every meal from the ocean could also come with a side of microplastics.
Studies have shown microplastics significantly damage our cells, leading to serious health effects, including cancers, lung disease, and birth defects. The toxic chemicals in plastic can also disrupt hormones, causing issues with reproduction, growth and brain function.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch covers an estimated surface area of 620 million square miles, an area twice the size of Texas or three times the size of France! In total, scientists estimate that there are about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and other trash that make up the GPGP.
Plastic doesn’t just pollute our environment, they pollute our bodies and cause increased disease risk.
Plastic pollution injures and kills marine animals that mistake it for food or become trapped in it. What’s worse? Plastic lasts for centuries, meaning the damage doesn’t stop.
Plastic pollution harms both human health and marine life. Microplastics move through ecosystems and the food chain, doing damage to everything we love — which is why small daily changes matter.
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