Convenience does harm: plastic into food, toothpaste… what else? From gigantic plastic garbage patch to micro plastic beads

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March 7, 2016 Recall chicken nuggets: pieces of plastic Applegate Naturals is recalling some of their chicken nuggets because there may be pieces of plastic in the product.

February 23, 2016 Plastic in Snickers bar prompts Mars recall in 55 countries Mars Inc has recalled chocolate bars and other products in 55 countries, mainly in Europe, due to choking risk after a piece of plastic was found in a Snickers bar in Germany.

15-Feb-2016 McCain Foods recalled 25,215 pounds of bacon fritter Frittered: McCain issues recall after customer complaint.

Jan. 15, 2015 McDonald's Japan: 2015 rough start. 1 million McNuggets pulled out in one day: McDonald's Just Recalled 1 Million Chicken McNuggets for a Super-Gross Reason. McDonald's Japan is having a rough start to 2015. Last week, the company apologized after a customer found plastic fragments in an order of Chicken McNuggets, which were thought to have been produced at a Cargill factory in Thailand. McDonald's pulled out nearly 1 million McNuggets from the factory in one day. The same week, a customer in Misawa found a piece of vinyl in an order of McNuggets.

Apr 07, 2014 recall 75,000 pounds of chicken nuggets: plastic Chicken nugget recall involves 75,000 pounds of Tyson-brand chicken nuggets sold at Sam's Club stores and distributed for institutional use. Contamination with plastic was the cause of the chicken nugget recall, which has been linked to minor mouth injuries.

Aug 4, 2014 plastic particles get lodged in gums

August 7, 2014 To avoid micro plastics: no need to rub plastic all over your face to get clean skin.To avoid toothpastes with micro plastics, skip products containing “polypropylene” or “polyethylene.” That goes for face wash and body scrubs too--you don't need to rub plastic all over your face to get clean skin.

August 14, 2014 Perdue is recalling about 15,000 pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken nuggets

Feb 22, 2013 Plastic bits in sausag: massive recall Packaged meat company Smithfield Packing Company is recalling some 38,000 pounds of pork sausage because it may contain small pieces of plastic, likely from gloves.

Plastic Toxins Entering the Oceanic Food Chain
Plastic Waste The average American throws away approximately 185 pounds of plastic per year, and consumes 500 plastic bags a year. Picture - A man wearing 500 plastic bags.

discarded plastics enter our oceans and never leave

More oceans swamped by plastic A swirling mass of plastic debris was first discovered in the so-called north Pacific gyre about 15 years ago. Since then more areas of plastic have been discovered in other oceans.

Arctic ice melt to release 1 trillion pieces of plastic into sea
(the consequence of increasing ice melt is simple regardless how the cause is disagreeable)
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