tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36194190.post1130208861833596087..comments2024-03-16T23:55:05.685-05:00Comments on It's the Rheo Thing: Plastic Waste as Hazardous?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04412324900423436763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36194190.post-75235672699699391132014-04-28T14:17:50.071-05:002014-04-28T14:17:50.071-05:00@Blobert
The Ocean Gyres are well removed from an...@Blobert<br /><br />The Ocean Gyres are well removed from any mainland. You may have dived in one, but you don't live in one.<br /><br />Also, Stiv Wilson of the 5 Gyres Institute and I are in agreement that the dilution of the plastics is a horrible aspect of the problem. If it was concentrated enough (extraodinary to use your word), then it would be feasible to collect the plastics and recycle them. <br /><br />No such luck, and so we suffer on.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412324900423436763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36194190.post-23949255155198481622014-04-23T20:48:01.847-05:002014-04-23T20:48:01.847-05:00I happen to live in and have dived in an area that...I happen to live in and have dived in an area that has a gyre of trash from a very wasteful place. Until you've seen one, you wouldn't know. Yes, when you look from the surface, you may or may not see large deposits of flotsam but under the surface you'll find lots of trash. In some areas, the surface flotsam is extraordinary. Beaches where storms and winds direct portions of the gyre waste become saturated with it. You really should get out more. blobertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36194190.post-61590396243001074722013-02-14T08:53:50.438-06:002013-02-14T08:53:50.438-06:00You missed the stonkering and non-sensical claim t...You missed the stonkering and non-sensical claim that:<br /><br />"Seabirds that have consumed plastic waste have 300% greater concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their tissues than other birds."<br /><br />Huh? Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.com