(par 7.4.2.3.1.1) How Plastic Waste Disrupts Aquatic Life In Rivers’ Waters

How Plastic Waste Disrupts Aquatic Life In Rivers’ Waters https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/432954-how-plastic-waste-disrupts-aquatic-life-in-rivers-waters.html?tztc=1 The negligence of Nigerians and the disinclination of the government to control single use of plastic is exposing marine life and the ecosystem to hazards. By Beloved John Behind the suburban Amadi-Ama community in southern Port Harcourt is a vital inland water body. This is […]

(par 7.4.2.3.1.1) Microplastic pollution gets inside crabs via gills

Microplastics lodge in crab gills and guts https://www.sciencenews.org/article/microplastics-lodge-crab-gills-and-guts Marine creatures absorb plastic particles not only through food but via respiration PERISHABLE PLASTIC  Shore crabs can trap microplastic pollution in their gills, a lab study finds.  By Nsikan Akpan Crabs sop up microplastic pollution via their food and gills, researchers have found in a laboratory study. The […]

par 7.4.2.3.1.1 Beach development causing a stink

Beach development causing a stink https://www.iol.co.za/news/beach-development-causing-a-stink-1406099 Written by John Yeld Cape Town – The environmental chickens are coming home to roost at Big Bay, Cape Town, where extensive development approved in highly controversial circumstances a decade ago has resulted in negative impacts that include major causes of concern for human health. Such impacts have included […]