I stumbled upon this today - CNN had a nice short piece and video up - but then I found the full film online at VBS.TV. In it's entirity with all 3 episodes it's a little over 1 hour. The page with Garbage Island can be found here.
I can tell you, it is 1 hour of your time very well spent. If you only have the chance to watch 20 minutes - watch the last piece - segment 3 - it by far has the most impact for seeing what's in the oceans.
The short film follows the journey of a research boat and 3 members of VBS TV on a 21 day trip to the garbage patch in the pacific. They are out to see what types of plastics are in the water and test water samples to see if the plastic toxins are in the water itself that the fish and marine animals are ingesting - and thus - we are ingesting.
There are some great statistics in here, some great data, and some great illustrations of how industrial chemicals are impacting animals and humans.
I will tell you - it's not meant for young children - there are times where there is profanity used. There are also some points where you see them fishing and opening the fish up that can be graphic for people.
The website also has some links to blogs and other pieces that are about plastics in the worlds oceans.
As the staff memeber at STB who heads up the cleanup program, I can honestly say that at every cleanup we do I'm always amazed by how many pieces of plastic we find that I know will never biodegrade.
So take a watch to learn about Garbage Island.
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