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The researcher who discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - and remains one of todays key advocates for plastic pollution awareness - inspires a fundamental rethinking of the modern Plastic Age. In 1997, environmentalist Charles Moore discovered the worlds largest collection of floating trash - the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ("GPGP") - while sailing from Hawaii to California. Moore was shocked by the level of pollution that he saw. And in the last 20 years, its only gotten worse - a 2018 study has found that the vast dump of plastic waste swirling in the Pacific Ocean is now bigger than France, Germany, and Spain combined - far larger than previously feared.In Plastic Ocean, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life of plastics. From milk jugs and abandoned fishing gear to polymer molecules small enough to penetrate human skin and be unknowingly inhaled, plastic is now suspected of contributing to a host of ailments, including infertility, autism, thyroid dysfunction, and certain cancers. An urgent call to action, Plastic Oceans sobering revalations have been embraced by activists, concerned parents, and anyone alarmed by the deadly impact and implications of this man-made environmental catastrophe.
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Those papers on oceanic plastic particulate pollution, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, and his review article "Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long term threat," published in Environmental Research, contributed to his reputation as a world-renowned investigator in this field. His study of discharges by plastic processors resulted in the passage of a "Nurdle Bill" to prohibit the discharge of pre-production plastic pellets in the state of California. His work has been featured on Good Morning America, Late Night with David Letterman, Nightline, the Colbert Report, and the National Geographic special "Strange Days on Planet Earth."
