JGeropoulas
The Living Force
Both the November issue of BestLife magazine and the October issue of National Geographic feature articles about the legacy of plastic now coming back to haunt us as dangerous toxins find their way into our food supply.
In 1970, the US alone produced about 15 billion pounds of plastic resin. By 2005 we were producing about 120 billion pounds per year! And nearly "every bit of plastic ever made still exists." So where does it all go?
North of Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean, there's a mass of tangled plastic trash twice size of Texas that's accumulated in a slow, swirling vortex of water and air created by the high pressure zone ("gyre"). This thirty-foot deep mass of tires, lawn furniture, tampon wrappers, milk jugs, plastic bags, bath toys, traffic cones, etc. Then all this traps marine life, which dies and rots, adding even more toxins to this island of death!
And worse, all this plastic stewing in the sun is releases numerous toxic chemicals. Sea birds mistakenly eat the garbage and fly to land, where they usually die from all the toxins and plastic lodged in them. (One albatross carcass reveaied the bird had mistakenly eaten over 1600 pieces of plastic before dying from starvation!) And now that these toxins have found their way into our food supplies, they're being linked to the dramatic rise in numerous illnesses and genetic abnormalities.
What's even more shocking is that every ocean has one of these "gyres" of this size where the plastic trash has accumulated for decades! (Only 3-5% gets recycled.) All together, these masses of toxic trash cover 40% of global ocean surfaces, or as the author says, "25% of our planet is a toilet that never flushes."
Of course, the U.S. the EPA only requires new substances be tested for ill effects IF there's evidence of potential harm. Thus they approve about 1700 new chemicals each year with no testing. Only about 25% of the 82,000 chemicals approved in the U.S. have been tested for toxicity! But I guess that keeps the FDA busier protecting us from dangerous drugs to cure us from all those toxins.
(Just more sad evidence of the critical, and unsalvageable stage I believe, of our STS-dominated 3D world. Fortunately, those who've awakened can find solace anticipating riding the wave to a fresh new 4D world!)
I told a friend about this plastic disaster today, and in alarm, they exclaimed, "Why hasn't this been on the news?!" Good point. It would have certainly made me take recycling more seriously -- and perhaps united those of us annoyed daily (and poisoned) by the rampant over-packaging of products!
So then I had to explain to my friend that the "News" was actually a "gyre" of toxic garbage, the size of the United States, which floated around the airwaves and trapped people until their minds rotted.
In 1970, the US alone produced about 15 billion pounds of plastic resin. By 2005 we were producing about 120 billion pounds per year! And nearly "every bit of plastic ever made still exists." So where does it all go?
North of Hawaii, in the Pacific Ocean, there's a mass of tangled plastic trash twice size of Texas that's accumulated in a slow, swirling vortex of water and air created by the high pressure zone ("gyre"). This thirty-foot deep mass of tires, lawn furniture, tampon wrappers, milk jugs, plastic bags, bath toys, traffic cones, etc. Then all this traps marine life, which dies and rots, adding even more toxins to this island of death!
And worse, all this plastic stewing in the sun is releases numerous toxic chemicals. Sea birds mistakenly eat the garbage and fly to land, where they usually die from all the toxins and plastic lodged in them. (One albatross carcass reveaied the bird had mistakenly eaten over 1600 pieces of plastic before dying from starvation!) And now that these toxins have found their way into our food supplies, they're being linked to the dramatic rise in numerous illnesses and genetic abnormalities.
What's even more shocking is that every ocean has one of these "gyres" of this size where the plastic trash has accumulated for decades! (Only 3-5% gets recycled.) All together, these masses of toxic trash cover 40% of global ocean surfaces, or as the author says, "25% of our planet is a toilet that never flushes."
Of course, the U.S. the EPA only requires new substances be tested for ill effects IF there's evidence of potential harm. Thus they approve about 1700 new chemicals each year with no testing. Only about 25% of the 82,000 chemicals approved in the U.S. have been tested for toxicity! But I guess that keeps the FDA busier protecting us from dangerous drugs to cure us from all those toxins.
(Just more sad evidence of the critical, and unsalvageable stage I believe, of our STS-dominated 3D world. Fortunately, those who've awakened can find solace anticipating riding the wave to a fresh new 4D world!)
I told a friend about this plastic disaster today, and in alarm, they exclaimed, "Why hasn't this been on the news?!" Good point. It would have certainly made me take recycling more seriously -- and perhaps united those of us annoyed daily (and poisoned) by the rampant over-packaging of products!
So then I had to explain to my friend that the "News" was actually a "gyre" of toxic garbage, the size of the United States, which floated around the airwaves and trapped people until their minds rotted.
