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Individuals and corporations quit caring about the environment; Which, is why there is sewage and microplastics in the sea and ocean.
by orionblastar 3y ago
Individuals and corporations quit caring about the environment; Which, is why there is sewage and microplastics in the sea and ocean.
- lanthade 3y agoThere’s been sewage in the seas and oceans for as long as there’s been sewage in proximity to those places. Long before caring for the environment as it’s now understood was even a concept. I’d hazard a guess that on a population density normalized comparison for developed countries there has never been a better time for responsible sewage handling. That’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of problems like this article highlights, just that it probably has not been better in the past. Hopefully the UK courts will hand this lady a decisive win and reinforce the idea that industry does have responsibility.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago> There’s been sewage in the seas and oceans for as long as there’s been sewage in proximity to those places. Oh, far, far longer than that. Everyone is ignoring the fact that fish and other sea creatures also shit in the ocean, and were doing so for billions of years before humans even existed.
- masklinn 3y agoCorps quitting caring about the environment implies they ever did. They did not until environmental regulations forced them to, and they ignore those regulations every time they think they can get away with it. And individuals are not much better.
- mr_toad 3y agoIt’s definitely not new and often nothing is done until it directly affects the “great and the good” For example nothing was done about the pollution of the river Thames until it got so bad it affected the business of parliament. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink