Classified German Report
Thousands of tons of trash are thrown into the sea each year, endangering humans and wildlife. A classified German government report obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE indicates that efforts by the United Nations and the European Union to clean up our oceans have failed entirely.
Since the world’s oceans are so massive, few people seem to have a problem with dumping waste into them. But plastics degrade at very a slow rate, and huge amounts of them are sloshing around in our oceans. Wildlife consumes small pieces causing many of them to die, since the plastics are full of poisons. And, as experts warn, we’ve reached a point where it’s even getting dangerous for humans to consume seafood.
Given these conditions, the international community has been pushing for four decades for massive bureaucratic efforts aimed at clearing the oceans of waste. In 1973, the United Nations sponsored a pact for protecting the oceans from dumping. Additional provisions have been added to the so-called Marpol Convention — short for “marine pollution” — on six different occasions. And nine years ago, the European Union put directives on the books that forbid any dumping of maritime waste into the ocean while in ports.
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“Efforts by the United Nations and the European Union … have failed entirely”
Sort of sums it all up. Fortunately this is the only failure by these organizations.
mid island mike
Re: #1 — “Fortunately this is the only failure by these organizations.”
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Sarc tag needed I guess. Sorry Jack
OT but not really, Fox news is reporting that a UN food program for Afghanistan budgeted 1.2 billion dollars of which approximately half of it will be overhead expenses, such as shipping, administration etc.
mid island mike