FIVE TRILLION PARTICLES OF PLASTIC FLOATING IN OUR SEAS. NEARLY 270,000 TONNES EFFECTING OUR OCEANLIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ARE CAUSING GREAT CONCERN TO THOSE STUDYING THESE EFFECTS. PLASTIC MAY BE EVEN MORE HARMFULL THAN OIL SPILLS TO SEA LIFE AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIORNMENT. SOME OF THE MANY FORMS THAT THESE DIBILITATING PLASTICS ARE DERIVED FROM MAY SURPRISE YOU. SUCH AS MICROBEADS IN SHOWER GEL, FACIAL SCRUBS, AND EVEN TOOTHPASTE. LEAVING CENTURIES OF HEALTH CONCERNS IN IT’S WAKE.

A third of fish caught in the English Channel have microplastics in their guts – Daily Mail