That plastic can have fatal outcomes for sea life we have seen a number of manner to territories where in the last few years. Thursday came enough a sjokkrapport of the consequences the pollution from humans have on sea life, this time from the Uk.
Of the 50 havdyrene which was examined after being found dead along the Storbriannias long coast, researchers found mikroplast in absolutely everyone.
Greenpeace believes forskningsrapporten is sad reading, and ask that the government as soon as possible introduces a ban on the engangsplast.
As one of the researchers behind this report said, is the ocean one big soup of plastics, and it will only get worse. Thus, we must simply use less plastic, so less ends up in the sea, ” says an advisor in Greenpeace Norway, Esben Dedicated to the Newspaper.
FOUND the PLASTIC: This dolphin was one of the 50 animals along the Uk’s coast where researchers found mikroplast. Photo: Frazer hodgkin’s/CSIP Show more May have created infection
There is the british university the University of Exeter, which has conducted the study of the ten different species of whales, seals and dolphin. The study is published in the forskningsmagasinet Nature.
Of mikroplasten the researchers found in animals, was 84 per cent fiber. Of these, nylon is the most widespread. The color, combined with the material, allows researchers think fiberne may originate from products such as clothing, spread forth nets and toothbrushes. 16 per cent of the mikroplasten was plastfragmenter scientists believe originated from food packaging and plastic bottles.
the Researchers found small amounts of mikroplast in the intestines than in the stomach, which they believe could mean that the plastic passed the animals ‘ digestive system. It may mean that there was not plastic as in the direct sense, the cost of the animals life. Nevertheless, researchers found a possible connection between the cause of death and mikroplasten, by the of animals that died of an infection had a higher content of mikroplast than the animals that had died of other causes.
the Researchers emphasize that there is a need for more studies to be able to state the relationship between mikroplasten and infections, and to gain more knowledge about the different consequences the plastic may have for marine wildlife.
Plastposehvalen triggers ryddeaksjoner along the coast – No longer surprised,
Dedicated is not surprised by the findings. On the contrary, he believes that if one thinks of all the plastic that is made, still exists out in the world, it is pure logic that the ports somewhere. Nevertheless, is he aware that the report is sad news, and that the report says little about the extent of the problem.
I can’t say that it surprises so very longer. Plastforbruket in the entire world is huge, and it has been a known issue that it ends up in the sea. When eaten it also up by animals, and thus we get such findings, says Dedicated, and adds:
– This has not only with littering, but also marine life. Fish and other sea creatures eat the plastic that is in the sea, and it leads slowly but surely to that there are fewer and fewer of them.
Also a problem along the coast of norway
the Situation is probably better in Norway, as we have better waste management than in many other countries, believes Dedicated. Nevertheless, he highlights is the plastic is also a huge issue along our own coast.
– Kystverkets estimate is that it is dumped approximately 34 000 tons of garbage only in the Norwegian part of the north Sea.
In 2016 came the Norwegian institute for water research (NIVA) with the first publication which stated that the plastic was also found in the Norwegian cod. While 3 per cent of the fish of the six different lokalisasjonene contained plastic, the figure was on the whole 27 per cent in Bergen byhavn. Whether or not there is havstrømningen or local pollution and population density, which is the reason for the big difference, do not know the researchers.
That the fish are eating the plastic got Bjørn Ingvaldsen see with his own eyes when he in april of 2018 completed the seasonal herring fishing in the Grindheimsvåg associated energy through below, south in Hordaland. In one of the nets hung a 12 kg huge cod that appeared to have swallowed up a 1.5 liter plastic bottle where the top was cut off.
SHOCK: When Kenneth Bruvik was to cut up a cod of 1.5 kilograms, he found something disturbing inside the stomach. Video: Kenneth Bruvik Show more Calls for ban
Dedicated opinion research on plastmengdene in the sea, shows the necessity of putting in place a plastforbud. In December decided the EUROPEAN union to ban engangsplast, but the agreement become effective only about two years. Norway will for all to judge be bound by the new rules, and the government wants to wait on the EU ban.
Dedicated would like to see a ban in the Uk before that time.
– There is no reason for Norway not to ban certain types of plastic, and that the government needs to make sure that happens. So we can work with to get in place an international prohibition in parallel.
The dead whale had 29 kilograms of plastic and bensinkanne in the stomach
