Wonder how plastic tastes? Asks the denizens of the sea

Plastic in the Ocean Could Lead to Plastic on our Plates

Posted by Ross Pomeroy at Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:33:01
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Plastic seems to be everywhere these days.  It's the bag that carries our groceries.  It's the bottle that holds our water. It's the plate that we eat off of.

There are countless materials and products composed of plastic.  But, one place we can all agree where we don't want it, is on our dinner plate.  Unfortunately, some scientists believe that this is precisely where the widespread substance could end up.

Right now you're probably picturing the plastic "toy-food" hamburgers, pizzas, and tacos that you may have played with (and hopefully not actually eaten) in kindergarten.  But the likely source of plastic that could appear in your diet is from seafood.

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