Plastic and the Environment

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in our cities; it litters campgrounds and national parks and is even piling up on Mount Everest. But thanks to runoff, and to our fondness for directly dumping our trash into the nearest river or lake, plastic is growing increasingly common in the world’s ocean.” One day the plastic will be everywhere you go. Taking a bike ride, or even walking outside. If animals eat this plastic it can fill up their stomach and prevent food digestion which leads to death.

In addition, Plastic is harmful to humans. Plastic can get into human bodies by them eating animals. Based on the text, “ Different plastics spread throughout the ocean. As Styrofoam breaks into smaller parts, polystyrene components in it sink lower in the ocean, so that the pollutant spreads throughout the sea column. In fact, not only do the toxins in plastic affect the ocean, but acting like sponges, they soak up other toxins from outside sources before entering the ocean. As these chemicals are ingested by ...

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