😳...😮 Reposted from @motherjonesmag - Stop using plastic tampon applicators!⠀ ⠀ There’s one kind of trash that #CindyZipf, executive director of the New Jersey–based #MarineProtectionCoalition Clean Ocean Action, really can’t stand: plastic tampon applicators. During a 2014 cleanup of some 70 beaches, Zipf’s team found about 3,000 of them. Plastic applicators are so common that kids on the beach often pick them up, thinking they’re toy whistles. “We call them Jersey beach whistles,” says Zipf.⠀ ⠀ But applicators are even worse for the ocean once they break down. Sea animals commonly mistake applicator-sized pieces of plastic for food. When the plastic blocks their digestive tracts, they can starve to death. What’s more, the type of plastic in applicators can break down into tiny pieces easily eaten by shellfish and other small marine creatures.⠀ ⠀ It’s especially scary when you consider that plastic applicators dominate the market. Click the link in our bio to read more.⠀ (📸: BSIP/Getty)⠀ #PlasticTamponApplicators #Tampons #PlasticTampons #ChildrenOnTheBeach #Children #Whistles #Plastic #SeaAnimals #MarineCreatures #CleanOcean #Ocean #IAm_MsJohnson 💞 - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BypcGWXhAEl/?igshid=1tb35vqifvpxx
