A new study that looked at the results of more than 400 examinations of dead leatherback turtles over the past 100+ years showed that more than one-third of them had plastic in their system. The primary culprit was not surprisingly plastic bags, which have exploded in numbers over the past couple of decades (as opposed to the dramatic decline in leatherback numbers). This makes the folks at "Save the Plastic Bag", a front group for plastic manufacturers in California, look just plain ridiculous.
The number plastic bags found in the 10 square mile radius of the guy who runs the pro-plastic site dwarfs the number of leatherback turtles worldwide, so why not start a campaign to save the poor, exiled plastic bag? Feel free to send them a note at their contact page expressing pity for the soon to be extinct bags.
For more information on how you can protect turtles from things like plastic bags, visit SEE Turtles.
More info on the study here.
Brad Nahill
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