The Hazards of Bottled Water

Yesterday we had a pretty interesting discussion about the hazards of plastic bottles, the so-called 6th continent in the Pacific, and civic and corporate responsibilities for all this terrible hazardous waste. Thanks, Silvana, for bringing up this topic! Here follow a brief explanation of this new human-made continent, and the news on this Australian town which banned bottled water.

"There is a patch of floating garbage in the North Pacific.

It is twice the size of Texas.

It is so large, that is has been dubbed the 6th Continent.

It is not a pretty sight and it is killing the ocean.

One of the major causes is people drinking water from plastic bottles.

In the US alone, 173,589,041 plastic bottles are dumped in the oceans

every day.

Yes, you read it right, over 173 million plastic bottles, every day.

People, stop drinking from disposable plastic bottles and switch to

reusable bottles .

It will save you money and give the oceans a chance."

Note on subtitles: If you want to read the English subtitles, click on CC at the bottom of the clip and then click on Transcibir Audio.