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Most Table Salt Is Probably Full of Plastic

550 and 681 microplastic particles per kilogram of table salt,  Richard Macauley, The Atlantic, 10/2015

World’s Oceans Clogged by Millions of Tons of Plastic Trash

“In short, you name it and it is probably somewhere in the marine environment”, Will Dunham, Reuters – 2/2105

Global Impact Of Debris On Marine Life Studied

Nearly 700 species of marine animal have been recorded as having encountered humanmade debris such as plastic and glass according to the most comprehensive impact study in more than a decade. ScienceDaily, University of Plymouth, 2/2015

Good Job, Humans: The oceans now contain 5 trillion pieces of floating plastic

Toxin-laden microplastics cycling through entire marine ecosystem

Chris Mooney,  Washington Post, 12/2014

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: We Are Literally Filling Up The Pacific Ocean With Plastic

Filling up our oceans with massive amounts of plastic that never biodegrades.

Michael Snyder, American Dream, 06/14