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I felt very saddened when I read a article in the newspaper today about marine life and the beach. The article was raising concern about litter found on the beach. This article relates to the deadly toll that our 'throwaway culture' is having on marine life. The picture above shows the shards of plastic which were found inside the stomach of a dead turtle that had ingested this rubbish.

The picture above shows the shards of plastic which were found inside the stomach of a dead turtle that had ingested this rubbish. The article I think just illustrates the battle against the rising tide of pollution. I think that the images above shows what an issue  beach litter and pollution is.
The article also has astonishing facts and figures, that really shocked and saddened me:

-Sea turtles are prone to mistaking plastic bags for jellyfish, one of their favourite foods.

-The plastic can block the digestive tract, leading to a slow and agonising death from starvation.

-‘More than 260 species have been reported to ingest or become entangled in plastic debris.’

-Worldwide, 260million tonnes of plastic are produced a year – up from just half a tonne in 1950.

- ‘Sea turtles have spent the past 100million years roaming seas free of pollution and are now sadly the poster animal for impacts of our throwaway society on endangered species.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1369438/Dead-turtle-ingested-100s-pieces-plastic-highlights-sea-pollution.html#ixzz1HjCJsRm4