OscailtClean Coasts Week - May 9th - 18th May 2014Clean Coasts Week is running this week from May 9th - 18th and it is an initiative for people to make a difference by
getting out and lending a hand cleaning up all the trash from our beaches. There are over a hundred separate beach cleanups
taking place around Ireland this week. See the official list of events at: http://www.cleancoastsweek.ie/events.php
Our beaches are a great treasure and place to visit and relax now that the warmer weather is here. At one time our pristine
seas and coastlines made these places natural wonders full of birdlife and marine life but with massive overfishing, pollution
and huge levels of plastic and general trash entering the seas and dumped on our coastlines, it has caused a lot of harm
and destruction to wildlife and to their recreational value. However, we can reverse this process somewhat and the beginning
of this long effort to restore our environment starts with events like Clean Coasts Week and with you.
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2014-05-13T23:56:59+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=104777http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifThe problem of plastics in the oceanhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/104777#comment2990682014-05-13T23:56:59+00:00TPlastics in the oceans / seas are now a major issue for marine life. There is no...Plastics in the oceans / seas are now a major issue for marine life. There is now so much plastic which has been ground up into tiny pieces that in great swaths of the seas there are more specks of plastic beads than plankton and this is getting into the marine food chain everywhere the world over.<br />
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See articles on this website for example<br />
<a href="http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Moore-Trashed-PacificNov03.htm" title="http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Moore-Trashed-PacificNov03.htm">http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Moore-Trashed-Pa...3.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Sea-Plastic-LN-PG5oct05.htm" title="http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Sea-Plastic-LN-PG5oct05.htm">http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Sea-Plastic-LN-P...5.htm</a><br />
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In the photo attached, is the remains of adult with gut full of plastic. Notice the wide variety of bottle caps in this one. With smaller animals, more damage is done by smaller pieces. The plastic goes down the gullet quite easily. But since it is not digested, as in the original plan for all life, it gets stuck before exiting the stomach. There it sits to block the entry and digestion of legitimate food. Even the tiniest of pieces can cause blockages.the pacific gyre...http://www.indymedia.ie/article/104777#comment2990712014-05-14T13:05:47+00:00fredThe pacific gyre is a huge rotating mass of degrading plastic
in the pacific. Ap...The pacific gyre is a huge rotating mass of degrading plastic<br />
in the pacific. Apparently it is the size of Texas.<br />
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Apparently there are up to eight of these gyres.<br />
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And I doubt it's all BPA free either!!<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A</a>Related sites for ocean cleanups.http://www.indymedia.ie/article/104777#comment2992312014-06-18T21:49:16+00:00TProject Aware is an worldwide organisation dedicated to helping conserve underwa...Project Aware is an worldwide organisation dedicated to helping conserve underwater environments. They were involved in the coastal cleanup week. They are also involved in a "Dive Against Debris" campaign which removes trash from the seafloor and while the problem is massive, they are at least doing it and no doubt this can be probably an very risk thing to do.<br />
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Most recent press release is<br />
<a href="http://www.projectaware.org/update/lets-clean-europe-10-may" title="http://www.projectaware.org/update/lets-clean-europe-10-may">http://www.projectaware.org/update/lets-clean-europe-10-may</a>