Oceans of plastic [videorecording] = Des océans de plastique / Via Découvertes Production ; Planète Thalassa, France 3 presents ; a film by Sandrine Feydel ; avec le soutien du CNC de la Région des Pays de la Loire.
This disc may not play on all players or drives. Featuring : Anna Cummins, Marcus Eriksen ; narrator, Paul Belle. Originally produced for French television in 2009. Opening credits in English; closing credits in French.
"The planet's oceans are rapidly becoming the world's trash dump. Every mile of ocean now contains an average of 74,000 pieces of plastic. A "plastic soup" of waste, killing hundreds of thousands of animals every year as chemicals trickle slowly up the food chain. In California, conservationists are seeing increasing numbers of whales and dolphins die agonizing deaths, their intestines blocked with plastics and other trash. In Holland, scientists researching the decline of the fulmar bird found plastic in the stomachs of 95% of all samples. In Germany, chemicals leached from plastic have been found to affect the reproductive systems of humans as well animals. What will be the long-term impact of this "plastic pollution?" Can anything be done to clean up our oceans?"--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)529841074
Locations:
N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)
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