> As long as plastics are disposed responsibly in ways that don't damage plants and animals, what's the issue? But they are not disposed of responsibly. Fish

> As long as plastics are disposed responsibly in ways that don't damage plants and animals, what's the issue? But they are not disposed of responsibly. Fish sold for human consumption increasingly contain plastic microparticles, which bind toxins. The oceans already contain a vast amount of macro plastic which is disintegrating into microparticles and will be basically impossibly to remove. This is new, it's getting worse, and we don't know what effect it will have on human health.