Jay Sawyer of Chicago Illustrates How Plastic Affects Marine Mammals in Waters

Jay Sawyer of Chicago Illustrates How Plastic Affects Marine Mammals in Waters

Jay Sawyer of Chicago Explains How Severely the World’s Plastic Waste Crisis Affects the Marine Wildlife

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Jay Sawyer from Chicago illustrates how plastic affects the marine mammals in waters

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He went through the recent study and found that in 2016, the United States produced more plastic waste than any other nation, and more of that plastic entered the ocean than previously thought

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He also found almost 1,800 cases of plastic entanglement or ingestion affecting 40 species since 2009

Sawyer Came Up with Various Studies to Prove that Plastic Pollution Impacts the Marine Animals

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He went through various studies and revealed that 98% of chicks samples contained plastics and that the quantity of plastic being ingested was increasing over time

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Over 90% of seabirds have pieces of plastic in their stomachs

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Seabirds who feed on the surface of the ocean are especially likely to ingest plastics that float, and then feed this to their chicks

He Notes that Necropsies Showed that Animals had Died from Blockages or Lacerations

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Jay Sawyer from Chicago points that Ingesting plastic may have simply weakened the animal or played no role in its death

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Overall, in 82% of the cases, the animals died

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Back in the 1980s, environmental activists warned of the harmful effects of six-pack rings ensnaring sea animals

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People began dutifully cutting them before disposing, and in 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency mandated that six-pack rings must be degradable, although the process may take months

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Besides, people have also been warned about releasing balloons as they can pose a serious threat to marine animals

Thank You Jay Sawyer, Chicago