I’m excited to also report that I’ve been invited to assist with
the Microplastics Initiative through Adventurersand Scientists for Conservation (ASC). If you
don’t know, Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than five
millimeters in size and they pose a massive environmental and human health
risk when they enter our waterways. Toxins including DDT and BPA adhere to
the particles and then enter the food chain when ingested by aquatic life and
can accumulate in birds, fish, marine mammals, and potentially humans.
The goal of ASC is to compile a
comprehensive microplastics dataset and use that information to effect change
in order to turn off the input of microplastics pollution at their source. To
aid in this endeavor I’ll be collecting water samples, sending some of them to
ASC, and evaluating others for the presence of microplastics.
I invite you to follow along, ask
questions, and provide input and suggestions through my website www.MrReedatsea.com.
