Mermaids' tears - Oceans of plastic |
| | | Oceans are becoming the world’s rubbish dumps. It is estimated that every kilometre of ocean contains 74,000 pieces of plastic, forming a plastic soup of waste that kills hundreds of thousands of animals every year and leaches chemicals up the food chain. Winner “Best environmental film” at the Prague Festival Dutch 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 animals. Off the coast of California whales and dolphins are dying agonising deaths, their stomachs blocked with rubbish. What will be the long term impact of this plastic pollution? What can we do to clean up our oceans?
| Add to Cart | | | | DVD | Mermaids' tears DVD | £34.00 |  | |
| Specifications | | Product Code | 286 | | Formats | DVD | | Duration | 59 minutes | | Country of Origin | Multiple locations worldwide | | Key Stages | 3, 4, 5 | | Subject | Geography, Environment | | Year | 2009 |
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