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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Greenpeace: Plastic, Chemical Pollution Widespread in Antarctica

June 17, 2018

Greenpeace recently found one microplastic piece per liter in snow and seawater samples taken at Antarctica.

Greenpeace collected their snow and seawater samples from Antarctica during a three month trip to the southern continent.

An example of this happened several days ago in southern Thailand. That was when a pilot whale died after swallowing 80 pieces of plastic waste. Tests showed the waste weighed about eight kilograms.

International concern about plastic pollution is rising. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently promised to ban all single-use plastic by 2022. In the city of Mumbai, Bollywood movie stars have been taking part in waste clean-up activities at Versova beach.

Actress Abigail Pande told reporters she was surprised at the amount of waste she found.

Indian citizens and Bolywood actors help clean waste off of Versova beach by Mumbai.

“I am having fun (cleaning this place). But it is also very sad because once I came here, I got to know that the amount of waste is so high that if you dig the ground four feet, you will still find plastic inside. And it will take years to properly clean the beach,” Pande said.

Plastic has now been found in every corner of the world’s oceans, from the bottom of the Pacific Mariana Trench to Antarctica.

In October, world governments will decide on a European Union proposal to create an Antarctic Ocean sanctuary. At 1.8 million square kilometers, the sanctuary would be the largest protected area on Earth.

I’m Phil Dierking.

Henry Ridgwell wrote this story for VOANews.com Phil Dierking adapted his story for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

How do you think we can prevent plastic in the ocean? Write to us in the Comments Section or on our Facebook page.

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Words in This Story

extrapolate - v. to form an opinion or to make an estimate about something from known facts

rationale - n. the reason or explanation for something

sample - n. a small amount of something that gives you information about the thing it was taken from

sanctuary - n. a place where someone or something is protected or given shelter

significant - adj. large enough to be noticed or have an effect

proper - adj. correct according to social or moral rules

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