Microscopic plastic debris from washing clothes is accumulating in the marine environment and could be entering the food chain, a study has warned [snip]Advocates of the precautionary principle, which requires safety to be proven before products or activities are permitted [the precautionary principle is anathema to those who worry about government over-reach], may call for a ban on synthetic clothing materials or new methods of washing clothes.
"Once the plastics had been eaten, it transferred from [the animals'] stomachs to their circulation system and actually accumulated in their cells," [UCSB ecologist Mark Browne] told BBC News.
We are still in the early stages of determining whether this phenomenon is yet one more danger we must worry about. But it's clear that any solution, if one becomes necessary, will be very expensive.
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