Plastic in our food chain!

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Plastic in our food chain!

We are happy to share with you the Man, Land and Sea Newsletter edited by the Bureau of Statistics and Plan in Guam, April 2016.

The part that concerns the Race for Water Odyssey is page 3: Plastic in our food chain!

By Cathleen Moore-Lin, Commodore, Mariana Yacht Club and Laura Biggs, Assistant Professor, University of Guam; both met during our stopover in Guam, Mariana.

Kind regards to all,

 

PS: Some fresh results regarding Guam analysis:

macro-debris: an average of 72 macro-debris in 100 m2 for the 3 beaches in Guam. For Ensa Beach (Pago Bay) only: 375 macro-debris in 100 m2.

micro-plastics (sampled in quadrat of 0,25 meter square): an average of 449 micro-plastics per m2 for the 3 beaches in Guam. For Ensa Beach (Pago Bay) only: 1140 micro-plastics per m2.

 

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