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The Algalita Marine Research Foundation is dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its watersheds through research, education, and restoration.
The 5 Gyres Project is the first comprehensive study of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. We will travel thousands of miles across the North Atlantic, South Atlantic oceans, adding data to what we already know about plastic pollution in the North Pacific Gyre. On these two voyages, we'll collect ocean samples to study plastic accumulation, as well as study fish for possible plastic ingestion and toxins in their tissues. These expeditions will help us to further understand the impact of plastic waste on the world's oceans.
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This is wonderful! I'm so glad you are getting this type of press and spreading the word about this horrifying problem.
This is my question, I know there is no way to clean up ALL of the plastic and trash but is there a way to clean up some of the most harmful? Has there been any research done on this?
Teresa
Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee
Dear Ship 2 Shore,
My step mother recently passed away from breast cancer. However, before when she was going through Chemotherapy her doctors told her to eat fish, but stay clear away from farmed fish because of unnatural chemicals (dye) in their body. Would she still have been at equal risk by only eating wild caught fish? And should we cut fish out of our diet completely because they're being harvested from unsafe sources. Thanks
Leilah
Santa Monica High School
Santa Monica, CA
Hey guys! Do you find most of the plastics in the Sargassum mats? Also, if the fish have plastics in the tissues is it unsafe for humans to eat?
Thanks.
~Christina River Ridge High School 11th grade.
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