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re: Report reveals 95% of plastic polluting the world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:40 pm to brian_wilson
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:40 pm to brian_wilson
The ME and the African countries I was in were really, REALLY bad.
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Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:43 pm to Wtodd
I have only been to two african countries. Zambia and S. Africa. Zambia was just so poor, they didn't seem to have any trash to just throw away. I was mostly in rural s. africa and it wasn't that bad.
I haven't been to the ME.
I haven't been to the ME.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:50 pm to CAD703X
THE 10 MOST POLLUTING RIVERS
Yangtze East China Sea Asia
Indus Arabian Sea Asia
Yellow River Yellow Sea Asia
Hai He Yellow Sea Asia
Nile Mediterranean Africa
Ganges Bay of Bengal Asia
Pearl River South China Sea Asia
Amur Sea of Okhotsk Asia
Niger Gulf of Guinea Africa
Mekong South China Sea Asia
Yangtze East China Sea Asia
Indus Arabian Sea Asia
Yellow River Yellow Sea Asia
Hai He Yellow Sea Asia
Nile Mediterranean Africa
Ganges Bay of Bengal Asia
Pearl River South China Sea Asia
Amur Sea of Okhotsk Asia
Niger Gulf of Guinea Africa
Mekong South China Sea Asia
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:52 pm to cajunangelle
I'm sensing a pattern
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:53 pm to notsince98
quote:exactly. the texas-sized plastic island in the pacific is as real as it gets and surely a greater hazard to mankind in general than some hypothetical 'warming' model that predicts something will happen in 50 years.
So sad that real environmental problems like these get ignored due to hoaxes like CO2 warming.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:56 pm to Homesick Tiger
quote:
Here's a nice little graph dated last year with 2010 results of the 12 most polluting countries in the world.
China was #1 with 8.8 million metric tons. The U.S. came in last at .03m metric tons.
if al gore TRULY gave an actual shite about the environment rather than cooking up a snake oil carbon credit scheme to profit off, he would have spent his time and energy in trying to educate asia about ways to manage their trash.
instead you have some blue-haired dyke driving a prius in so california with 4 'boutique sized' buckets of carefully divided trash off to the recycling center believing she just saved the planet.
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:56 pm to CAD703X
quote:
exactly. the texas-sized plastic island in the pacific is as real as it gets and surely a greater hazard to mankind in general than some hypothetical 'warming' model that predicts something will happen in 50 years.
I would love for you to explain to me how a localized, albeit very large, pollution problem would have a greater impact on mankind as a whole as an entire global shift in climate?
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:58 pm to Dirty Whistle
It's over-spill from Pritchard's sewer system, so it's not really man-made chemical pollution, per se.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:58 pm to Salmon
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entire global shift in climate?
well first one has to close their eyes very hard and believe believe believe its going to happen in the next 50 to 100 years....
....vs the world's seafood market coming from tainted waters rife with plastic chemicals and heavy metals oozing into everything.
salmon, you've reached a new level of idiocy.
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 4/19/18 at 12:59 pm to CAD703X
Ahhh, the sweet smell of deregulation...
...I can't wait. It's time to CLOSE the EPA!!1!
...I can't wait. It's time to CLOSE the EPA!!1!
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:01 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
quote:
...I can't wait. It's time to CLOSE the EPA!!1!
oh frick off. nobody is going to roll back anything already passed that keeps our air & water clean and the US has a stellar track record on cleaning our shite up and everyone else's too.
disingenuous much? you and salmon having lunch together today?
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:01 pm to CAD703X
quote:
well first one has to close their eyes very hard and believe believe believe its going to happen in the next 50 to 100 years....
Don't move the goalposts.
quote:
the world's fish market coming from tainted waters rife with plastic chemicals oozing into everything.
Give me the science behind this.
quote:
salmon, you've reached a new level of idiocy.
I asking for you to explain your point.
I don't think you can. Prove me wrong.
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:06 pm to Salmon
quote:
I asking for you to explain your point.
well lets start with the 'DO NOT EAT' list of seafood
then we can move right along to
Plastic microparticles found in flesh of fish eaten by humans
quote:
The researchers noted that it had been estimated that “top European shellfish consumers” might consume up to 11,000 microplastic pieces a year.
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 1:08 pm
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:07 pm to Salmon
quote:
explain to me
Plastics breakdown into microscopic nodes.
Nodes sink deep into the water column.
Little fish eat nodes.
Bigger fish eats little fish.
Repeat.
Fish feeds a significant number of humanity in developing countries.
How much bigger will this island of plastic be in 50 years and much of the world's population of fish could be contaminated or killed off from consuming a petroleum product. It's is a monumental and very visible problem regardless of political affiliation.
quote:
Give me the science behind this
It's called "internet". Try it. Feet-first first time.
This post was edited on 4/19/18 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:08 pm to CAD703X
quote:
well lets start with the 'DO NOT EAT' list of seafood
Yes. Let's start there.
Go on.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:09 pm to keks tadpole
quote:
How much bigger will this island of plastic be in 50 years and much of the world's population of fish will be contaminated or killed off from consuming a petroleum product. It's is a monumental and very visible problem regardless of political affiliation.
no no, tadpole. salmon says a controversial .01 degree rise in earth's temp over the next 100 years is FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR more dangerous.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:09 pm to keks tadpole
quote:
It's is a monumental and very visible problem regardless of political affiliation.
Absolutely. In no way should it be ignored.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:10 pm to Salmon
quote:
Yes. Let's start there.
Go on.
sure, how about a peer-reviewed study about toxicity in seafood from last year
Study Finds Toxic Pollutants in Fish Across the World’s Oceans
your move.
Posted on 4/19/18 at 1:10 pm to rintintin
quote:No.
The problem is these things become politicized
The problem is these things become duplicitous.
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