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Scientists sound the alarm as plastic waste forms rocks off coast of Brazil
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[quote:AdorableLittlepixie:MV81Mzg3MDczXzk5NTA4MDg5X0YzRjFFODE1] [quote:Anonymous Coward 79874499:MV81Mzg3MDczXzk5NTAwNDY0X0QxN0UzOTE1] [quote:MonkeyWrangler:MV81Mzg3MDczXzk5NDk0MjI5Xzg2MDBEQTlE] [quote:AdorableLittlepixie:MV81Mzg3MDczXzk5NDk0MDMzXzdDNEFENkFD] :verysad: Just like the big pile of plastics floating in the oceans. [/quote] :verysad: [/quote] As long as it's floating, the Ultraviolet Light will break it all down to tiny molecules. [/quote] [b][color=red]Then the fish eat it.....then we eat the fish..... its' not rocket science...we are all killing/polluting/poisoning ourselves and the environment.[/color][/b] The ban on plastic shopping bags is a con, it is still easy to buy plastic rubbish bags/bin liners of various sizes, sandwich bags and the fruit and vegetable section at the supermarkets still dispense plastic bags to put the veges in. :another do: [/quote]
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Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans’ growing influence over the earth’s geological cycles.
“This is new and terrifying at the same time, because pollution has reached geology,” said Fernanda Avelar Santos, a geologist at the Federal University of Parana.
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