According to a November 30, 2020 UK University of Exeter news release “… Plastics in the ocean can release chemicals that cause deformities in sea urchin larvae … Scientists soaked various plastic samples in seawater then removed the plastic and raised sea urchin embryos in the water … [The] urchins developed a variety of abnormalities, including deformed skeletons and nervous systems … caused by chemicals embedded in the plastics leaching out into the water, rather than the plastics themselves … The plastic-to-water ratio in the study would only be seen in severely polluted places, but the findings raise questions about the wider impact of plastic contaminants on marine life …” - The web link to the news release is included in the post on the home page of Plastic Food Packaging Waste News at https://pfpw.news/2020/12/04/plastic-waste-effects-on-sea-urchin-larvae-studied/ #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #PlasticContaminants
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
