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The Shark in the Pool Microplastics and their Relationship to the Pretreatment Program

The Shark in the Pool - Microplastics and Wastewater

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  1. 1. The Shark in the Pool Microplastics and their Relationship to the Pretreatment Program
  2. 2. Plastic fragments, hiding in plain sight, in a plastic soup
  3. 3. Images courtesy of Huffington Post; National Geographic; 5 Gyres; Beatthemicrobead.org
  4. 4. Image courtesy of Unilever
  5. 5. "there's some sort of missing sink - Law That raises the concern that marine animals could be poisoned by toxic chemicals carried by the plastic Seal feces image courtesy of Gerd Liebezeit
  6. 6. "When you expect to see zero plastic hundreds of miles from shore, it's shocking" author and SEA oceanographer Kara Lavender Law
  7. 7. Plastic is really the toxic killer. While it slowly degrades, it turns into increasingly smaller bits of plastic.
  8. 8. Wheres it coming from? 6 continents all contaminated with microplastics 18 beaches
  9. 9. Its a People Problem. With disposability comes litter.
  10. 10. Intrigued? Visit these for more information: Algalita.org 5gyres.org PlasticPollutionCoalition.org Surfrider.org
  11. 11. facebook.com/InnovareEnvironmental [email protected] Image credits Surfrider, California Coastal Commission, Ripleys