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Monthly Event:"Protect birds:Be the solution to plastic pollution" |
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by Meena Pandey | 29-10-2019 20:36
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Bits of plastic debris litter the shore: bottle caps, toys, cigarette lighters, fishing line and other garbage. Scientists are now documenting how this surge of plastic trash leaves a wake of death and disease that directly affects seabirds. In many areas of the globe, birds inadvertently feed on plastic floating on the water, mistaking it for food, and many times this ingestion leads to death and even the death of their young. A report by scientists studying the stomach content of Laysan Albatross chicks on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean revealed disturbing results: Forty percent of Laysan Albatross chicks die before fledging. Necropsies of the chick's stomachs found them filled with plastic trash. Large plastic detritus such as bottles and packaging has well-known effects on sea life, strangling birds and fish and transporting alien species to new waters. Millimeter-sized plastic pellets-the building blocks of larger products-clog U.S. harbors and soak up toxic chemicals from seawater, poisoning the creatures that swallow them. Because plastic pellets are magnets for toxic chemicals like DDT and PCBs, they effectively become poison pills. Japanese researchers found that concentrations of these chemicals were as much as a million times higher than in the water. Plastics themselves can leach endocrine-disrupting chemicals like biphenyl. Especially lethal is discarded fishing gear. Millions of tons of cut line, lines with hooks, and nets litter our oceans causing cause slow, painful deaths to everything from tiny seabirds to whales. Many of the birds that come to International Bird Rescue's rehabilitation centers are impacted by fishing line and hooks, having ingested and/or been debilitated by carelessly discarded monofilament line that has wrapped around their limbs and wings. What we know: •Plastic water bottles take 450 years to decompose; •Fishing lines and nets can take up to 600 years to decompose; and •Plastic bags or balloons in the ocean are dangerous (they can look like a jellyfish meal to a sea turtle). What we all can do: •Reduce our use of disposable plastic products; •Reuse and recycle what we can; •Buy reusable grocery bags to cut down on plastic bag use; •Tell others about the dangers of marine debris; •Pick up litter; •Volunteer for beach and stream clean-ups; •Remind others not to release balloons into the atmosphere. Referencers: https://www.bird-rescue.org |
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7 Comments
Hello Meena didi,
Hope you are doing great,
Thank you so much for your informative report,
Keep writing,
Green Cheers,
Bindu
Posted 18-07-2021 20:45
Hello meena
I hope you are doing well!
Nice report
Keep writing
Thank you so much for this report!
Looking forward to reading some more reports.
Green cheers!
Best regards
Hema
Posted 19-03-2020 11:38
Greetings meena
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this great report
I hope to read more from you!
Green cheers
Regards
Ishma
Posted 17-03-2020 12:27
Hello meena
I hope you are doing well.
Thank you so much for this report.
Green cheers
Regards
Sus
Posted 07-03-2020 18:51
Hello meena
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Regards
Sus
Posted 01-03-2020 10:30
Thank you ASmita didi.
Posted 31-10-2019 15:01
Hello meena sis
I hope you are well.
Very well written.
Keep writing, sis
Thank you so much!
Green cheers
Regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 31-10-2019 11:18