Our Plastic Oceans - Briley Douglas

In the article, "Our Plastic Oceans," it brings to light the damage us humans have on the oceans with our plastic waste. It's human nature to deny or believe that you never do anything wrong. Being honest I went through this stage at the beginning of the paragraph because I "never throw my trash out the window or anything." But as I read further through the article, I realized that even though I hardly pollute, even wearing deodorant can result in polluting the ocean with tiny particles of plastic.

The title that stuck out the most for me is "Are human at risk?" I often overlook that polluting the Earth and its water can have an effect on the human race. During this paragraph, it shows stats of how bad polluting the earth affects us. It shows that 83 percent of the world's drinking water is contaminated. This tug on a heart string for me because I hate knowing there are people who are out there drinking contaminated water. Another statistic that hit very close to home for me is that 93 percent of bottled water contains plastic. This makes me nervous because I constantly drink bottled water because I believed that it was "safer" than tap water. But after this article, I now know that even though I believe the water in my bottle is cleaner, it can actually be worse than tap water.

I really hope that one day, man kind will change our ways. We are oblivious to the fact that by throwing our plastic out is constantly harming our planet and the wild life here. Each household should invest in recycling and slowly one by one, all families can be green. We need to clean up our Earth because even though the pollution may not hurt us, it's hurting our future generations.