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MERMAIDS’ TEARS

Monday, April 11th, 2011
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I imagine that if a modern Ulysses came across mermaids today, they would sing their sorrow for the way men are treating their home, the sea, and weep; but would mermaids’ tears then melt back into the sea or crystallise in poisoning microscopic gems? Researchers seem to have answered this question: plastic does not bio-degrade, it only breaks down physically, and so persists in the environment for possibly hundreds of years; waste fragment over time into small pellets, called mermaids’ tears. Read the full entry

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PLASTIC MEDITERRANEAN

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
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As Commissioner in charge of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, I fully support the petitions recently initiated by the Expédition MED, Change.org and Polygnosi concerning the continuous contamination of the Mediterranean Sea from plastic particles.

I understand the scale of the problem as well as the outrage of citizens at dirty beaches, at plastic bags found in deepwater Mediterranean canyons, at plastic particles ingested by marine mammals.

Preserving the Mediterranean Sea is not only a matter of environmental sustainability. It is also a matter of considerable economic and social implications.

The problem is really complex. It requires a combination of measures and a close cooperation at many levels (regional, national, European, international). Read the full entry

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