In Plymouth, “We’re All Plastic People Now” is a film that tells folks that every time a person cracks the cap of a plastic water bottle, micro plastics break off into the water and are consumed.
Research is showing that human beings are consuming a phenomenal amount of plastic particles— resources say anywhere from thirty-nine thousand plastic particles each year to as high as one hundred twenty-one thousand particles…this according to Ken Stone of Sustainable Plymouth. That group and Oceana, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, the Plymouth Public Library and the Social Action Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church, will sponsor a showing of the film at the Plymouth Public Library.
WATD’s Bobbi Clark has more:
Sustainable Plymouth’s Ken Stone says micro-plastics and nano plastics are being found in our bodies—just about everywhere:
“We’re finding micro plastics and nano plastics in human blood, in lungs, hearts, livers, colons, pancreas, in the placentas of pregnant women, in mothers’ breast milk—it’s permeating our body.”
And according to Stone, the average person is consuming this plastic in two main ways:
“Through the food we eat—it’s working its way up through the food chain, including through fish. Also in the air we breathe, in the water bottles that we drink from.”
So, what can we do about it?
“Plastics are not going to go away-they’re necessary. But one of the main things we can do about it is to begin to cut back on the use of single use plastics —that is the greatest source of the plastic that is getting into our environment. Think about all the things that we use that are single use: straws, cups, food containers, all the plastic packaging–all of it contributes to the waste and to the pollution from plastic.”
“We’re All Plastic People Now” will be showing Monday, May 13th at 7PM at the Plymouth Public Library. There is no charge for this event.
In Plymouth, Bobbi Clark WATD News.
