Reading "Plastic Ocean" by Captain Charles Moore,
I came across an interesting tidbit: cows are fed plastic pellets ...and here I
thought my only plastic-food related worry was eating contaminated fish. According to The Union of Concerned Scientists, plastic is fed as "roughage" to help with digestion due
to lack of fiber in a factory cow's diet. It makes me wonder if
chemicals/hormones from plastic bioaccumulate in cows, then get passed on to us
and our children?
Additionally, marine life and sea birds aren't the only
animals that perish due to plastic debris ingestion, as can be seen in the
videos below, the problem also affects cows and even camels in the desert.
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