Evidence & Research
On this page is a register of articles, research and peer reviewed evidence of plastic pollution including the scale, causes and impacts on the environment, wildlife and humans. Of particular concern is the mounting research and evidence of the leaching of toxic chemicals from plastic into other environments and organisms including humans. We encourage you to do your own research and always check the sources, credibility and validity of any information you encounter.
Articles & Scientific Studies
- 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic on the surface – micro fibres litter the deep
- 20 million + tonnes of plastic waste enter aquatic eco-systems per year
- A Global inventory of small Floating Plastics (scientific report)
- An Overview of the state of our oceans
- Human Consumption of Micro Plastic
- Australian senate report into marine plastic
- Chemicals from plastics in your seafood
- Videos: Packaging Chemicals & Human Health
- New Study: Chemical in Plastic Disrupts Reproductive Biology
- Chemicals from plastics etc can affect your fertility
- Are BPA Free products actually safer?
- BPA (chemicals and plastics) in the ocean in 200 sites off 20 countries
- Sydney beaches & rivers contain high levels of micro plastics
- Chemicals from plastics packaging in frozen foods
- Coral Ingesting Microplastics – does not digest
- Evidence of microplastics Travelling Up The Food Chain
- Fisherman finds plastic bottle inside huge cod
- Humans Are Eating Micro Plastic
- More evidence that plankton are eating micro-plastic
- Plastics Impact on Human Health
- Nano & Micro Plastic Impacting Creatures in the ocean floor sediment
- Nine European Rivers Contain Micro Plastics
- Ocean Plastic Increases Ten-fold in a Decade
- Our Exposure to Endocrine (hormone) Disrupting Chemicals
- Phthalates (hormone disrupting chemicals) in your food
- Plastic Bag Kills Rare Dolphin off Sydney Beach
- Plastic containers leaching chemicals into our food
- Plastic Fibres in Rain
- Plastic Fibres from clothing in our seafood
- Plastic from fleece clothing a major contributor to ocean pollution
- Plastic ingestion by sea birds
- Plastic in plankton
- Plastic Production Contributes Greatly to Climate Change
- Plastic production rises – recycling lags
- Sailor, Ivan MacFayden – The Ocean is Broken
- Seafood eaters ingest up to 11,000 tiny pieces of plastics
- Study: ONE MILLION times more ocean plastic than previously known
- Testing finds industrial chemical phthalates in cheese
- The myth about Biodegradeable plastic bags
- The Rubbish That One Person Produces Each Year (USA)
- The Planet’s Most Plastic Trashed Islands
- Unwrapped Conference: Packaging Chemicals and Human Health
- Ways to reduce, re-use and recycle your plastic containers – Courtesy of Amanda’s California Girl Scout Group
- Whale swallows over 59 different types of plastic
- What Happens To Your “Recycled” Bottles
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