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Plastics: Dead Whales, Dead Seas

If the greatest mammal on this earth is dying because it is ingesting plastics made by modern science, then modern science is failing us. If a whale has died because it has ingested plastics, then we are failing, as a mammalian species to other species. So, in my home, I have instituted a no-plastics or low-plastics rule. " Whale dies from eating more than 80 plastic bags" Pilot whale was found barely alive in Thai canal and vomited up five bags during fruitless rescue attempts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/03/whale-dies-from-eating-more-than-80-plastic-bags Sperm whale found dead with 13 pounds of plastic in its stomach The animal had swallowed plastic bags, bottles, flip-flops, and 115 drinking cups. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/dead-sperm-whale-filled-with-plastic-trash-indonesia/