Jay Sawyer from Chicago Examines How Plastic Waste Affects Marine Wildlife

1. Jay Sawyer from Chicago Examines How Plastic Waste Affects Marine Wildlife

2. Jay Sawyer from Chicago Explains How Plastic Waste Affects Marine Wildlife • Jay Sawyer from Chicago examines how plastic waste affects marine wildlife • He feels that how severely the world’s plastic water crisis is affecting marine wildlife is not fully understood • He has gone through decades of research and gruesome image of whale’s bellies filled with plastic and a turtle with a straw lodged in its nostril • Sawyer illustrates some of what everyone knows about how plastic affects sea turtles and marine mammals in United States waters

3. Sawyers goes through Various Studies to Prove that Plastic Pollution Impacts Marine Animals • It is estimated that over 90% of seabirds have pieces of plastic in their stomachs • Seabirds who feed on the surface of the ocean are especially likely to ingest plastics that float, and then feed this to their chicks • One study has also revealed that 98% of chicks sampled contained plastics and that the quantity of plastic being ingested was increasing over time

4. Necropsies often Showed that Animals had died from Blockages or Lacerations • Jay Sawyer from Chicago states that ingesting plastic may have simply weakened the animal or played no role in its death • Overall, in 82% of the cases, the animals died • Back in the 1980s, environmental activists warned of the harmful effects of six-pack rings ensnaring sea animals • People began dutifully cutting them before disposing, and in 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency mandated that six-pack rings must be degradable, although the process may take months • Besides, people have also been warned about releasing balloons as they can pose a serious threat to marine animals

5. Thank YouJay Sawyer, Chicago