How does plastic affect us?

In my last blog in the label "Saving The World From Plastic" was about plastic in our oceans. Even though plastic in our oceans is a huge problem, there is also the problem of plastic pollution in our world; this includes how plastic affects us, humans.

One question you might be asking is, what is plastic pollution? The definition of plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles, for example, plastic bottles and much more. This adversely affects the earth's environment and wildlife, wildlife habitat, and even us humans. Plastic that act as pollutants are categorized into micro, meso, or macro debris based on size.

How is plastic pollution affecting the earth's environment? First of all, plastic takes a very long time to decompose. If the plastic is left in the environment for long enough, it can leak toxic chemicals into our soil and waters. Ruining both the way our planet looks and also destroying the earth in general.

When the plastic leaks toxic chemicals into our soils and waters, it affects humans and animals. It affects humans because we eat plants that grow from the soil if there is plastic or toxic chemicals in that soil we are going to consume it, and then the plastic will also be in us. It affects animals because animals eat grass or vegetables. Where do these greens come from? They grow out of the soil, meaning animals will also have plastic and toxic chemicals in them. Not only that, this then comes back to us, because we eat the animals for meat. For example, beef, pork and that's not even all of them, that means we are also starting to eat the plastics.

Plastic in our oceans

      To this day, plastic is a huge problem. Plastic is a part of our daily lives whenever we go shopping for clothes, grocery shopping. The cashier always gives you a plastic bag to hold and store the stuff you bought. Even though plastic is very convenient and helpful, it is horrible for the climate, the reason for this is because plastic is not biodegradable. This makes it so that plastic is around for 1,000 years before it is decomposed. If we continue with this, the earth will become ruined because of our overuse of plastic. However, there are ways to help our earth, for example, reusable bottles like hydro flask's, yeti's, any reusable bottles. There are also reusable bags that you could use for your grocery shopping or clothes shopping.
Nevertheless, one of the most plastics consumed in the ocean is plastic straws, plastic bags, plastic bottles, in general plastic. When plastic first enters the ocean, it floats, but over time it will sink to the ocean floor, and then the plastics will break into small pieces of plastic called microplastics. Recently a diver had set a record with one of the deepest dives made yet, which is a great accomplishment, but the horrible thing about this is that instead of finding amazing new sea creatures, he found plastic tons and tons of plastic. This indicates that if we do not change what we do every day, we are putting the world at risk. So what you can try to do is use less plastic, try to get a water bottle or a reusable bag. In conclusion, I will be trying to raise awareness and trying to solve the problem of plastic in this world today.