The Problem with Plastics blog

The Problem with Plastics - Watersheds Canada – Work, Live & Play in Healthy Lakes and Rivers

Plastic has become central to the way humans package, ship, and consume products. This includes everything from electronics, to medications, to baby toys. Plastic was—and still is in some contexts—considered a miracle product which is waterproof, hard-wearing, and easily malleable. However, we have allowed this material with a myriad of unknown adverse health effects to accumulate in Earth’s oceans. Learn more about how this happens and why it's a problem in this blog post!