I realize I’ve been posting rather a lot lately about the environment, and while that is very dear to my heart, many other subjects are also worthy of attention. That said however, I came across a very timely adjunct to some of my other posts that I really must share. This concerns marine life and the garbage we’ve put in the world’s oceans.
A young 11 metre (37 ft) grey whale washed ashore and died in West Seattle, WA last week. Always so sad when this happens, but perhaps the saddest thing is what was found in the whale’s stomach. The garbage he ate included a pair of sweatpants, a golf ball, duct tape, small towels, drink containers, surgical gloves, an unidentified mystery item, and more than 20 plastic bags.
While accounting for only one to two per cent of the whale’s 50 gallon stomach contents, there were still more than 30 pieces of human debris inside. While it’s not felt this caused his death, John Calambokidis, (research biologist with an Olympia-based marine mammal research organization, Cascadia Research Collective) is concerned about all the toxins the whale may have ingested cumulatively in other areas. “It is a concern. The garbage for me, is an indication of exposure to more contaminants in urban bays.”
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Awareness continues to grow about all the plastic and other environmentally unfriendly items that find their way into our waters. Whether it’s killing fish, or albatross, or whales, or those of us further up the food chain, our self-contained, closed eco-system was not meant for such toxins. I fear we are only scratching at the surface of damage.
We saw all those baby albatross with their plastic garbage filled guts in the North Pacific. And now we have a grey whale in the Pacific Northwest with a tummy full of garbage too. Why is it that things seem to hit us harder when they’re closer to home? Given the entire planet is our collective home, it seems rather short-sighted and disconnected to not be equally upset by something on the other side of the world.
But perhaps we can only take in so much; the scope of all the world’s problems too overwhelming to deal with. So more often we focus on our own little corner. Of course that only works if every corner has its respective bunch of caretakers. And some regions of the world, due to different financial or political realities may not be as well equipped as others to do so. I guess that’s where those caretakers of the planet as a whole come in. My undying, and non-toxic, thanks to them all.
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