|
About | Contact | Mongabay on Facebook | Mongabay on Twitter | Free newsletter |
|
|
Plastic Vortexes Leaching Chemicals into World's Oceans Ryan King, special to mongabay.com August 20, 2009 Recent studies have found that under certain climate conditions, ocean plastic can decompose in under a year, leaching potentially toxic chemicals into the water. At a meeting of the American Chemical Society, marine chemist Katsuhiko Saido explained, "Most people in the world believe that this plastic is indestructible for a very long time. We are now concerned that plastic pollution is caused by invisible materials. This will have a great effect on marine life." Chemical analysis of ocean water samples from United States, Japan, India, Europe and other locations all indicate traces of plastic degradation chemical byproducts not found in nature. Discovery.com
Tags: ryan king pollution oceans green environment Environmental news index | RSS | News Feed | Twitter | Home Advertisements:
|
|
|
DON'T LIKE ADS? Become a mongabay supporter WEEKLY NEWSLETTER RECENT FEATURES
POPULAR PAGES Photos
CALENDARS 
BOOKS BY MONGABAY AUTHORS
FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS / PRINTS 
|
| | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Copyright mongabay 2010 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from mongabay.com operations (server, data transfer, travel) are mitigated through an association with Anthrotect, an organization working with Afro-indigenous and Embera communities to protect forests in Colombia's Darien region. Anthrotect is protecting the habitat of mongabay's mascot: the scale-crested pygmy tyrant. |
