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[Susan Louise]

Latest news is that a 220 lb 'litter ball' was found in a sperm whale that washed up onto a Scotland beach...plastic garbage, rope bundles, fishing nets, etc...

Breaks my heart   

[Foxxee]

Yes, and the majority of that is not coming from the United States. 

Top producers of using our oceans as trashcans are #1.  China...and #2.  Indonesia.  

[dex]

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@Foxxee wrote:

Yes, and the majority of that is not coming from the United States. 

Top producers of using our oceans as trashcans are #1.  China...and #2.  Indonesia.  

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I have been reading about that.It seems people think USA is responsible for most of the pollution but that is not the case.j

[sidsmom]

....and people continue to eat fish & other marine life.

SMH

[hckynut]

@Susan Louise 

And yet I keep hearing from some groups that the main exestential threat is? To me that is a "might happen, projected to happen, according to XYZ!  Somehow they are blind to what "is happening". 

Have you ever seen the "environmental mess" left behind" by the same groups who protest "what XYZ says might happen, or think will happen". If not, I can tell you that it is measured in tons, not pounds. And they are worried about what again?

Give ma a break! 

hckynut

[Susan Louise]

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@hckynut wrote:

@Susan Louise 

And yet I keep hearing from some groups that the main exestential threat is? To me that is a "might happen" according to XYZ!  Somehow they are blind to what "is happening". 

Have you ever seen the "environmental mess" left behind" by the same groups who protest "what XYZ says might happen, or think will happen". If not, I can tell you that is measured in tons, not pounds. And they are worried about what again?

Give ma a break! 

hckynut

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@hckynut  I keep thinking about that 5+ MILLION TONS just from Japan's earthquake/tsunami from 2011. The damage that has done so far I'm sure is off the charts...just so sad.

[dex]

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@sidsmom wrote:

....and people continue to eat fish & other marine life.

SMH

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Everything we eat is polluted..soup to nuts.

[sidsmom]

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@dex wrote:

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@sidsmom wrote:

....and people continue to eat fish & other marine life.

SMH

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Everything we eat is polluted..soup to nuts.

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Naw.

If anything....if one truly believes that, it makes a strong case

to go plant based. 

[dex]

@sidsmom @Check the list of most contaminated foods..it’s plant based.There are some good plants but there is much contamination in our complete food chain.We can only grow our own to be the safest but even then who knows what is in the soil..My friends in Canada turned their yards into gardens and grow all of their own produce and fruit...some have nut trees too.

[Cakers3]

Here we go...........*sigh*

Back on topic:  it is true that the USA is not one of the main marine polluters but that is only one part of the universal issue regarding the environment.

The USA climbs up regarding other forms of pollution.

Sadly countries such as the Phillipines were being sent household trash from Canada instead of recyclable  plastics.