Did you know that an island of trash and plastic twice the size of Texas floats in the northern Pacific in a dead zone called the gyre? Five other "islands" exist, and so total 25% of Earth's surface. But no one seems to care.
Our planet is a toilet, one that doesn't flush. (Anyone know a plumber? No? Inappropriate? Eh.)
Please consider the following numbers:
In 2007, Dutch scientists captured an ocean mammal containing 1,603 pieces of plastic inside it's body.
Earlier this year, lab tests on new-born babies detected over 100 industrial chemicals that did not exist in humans in the year 1950. These chemicals are linked to rising incidences of diabetes, cancer, birth defects, and perhaps most disturbingly, genetic disruption.
Someone needs saving. She's big, blue, and ugly; she's daddy's third-born; she's Mother Earth, and I, as doctor, thinker, and part-time model, intend to save her.
I'm going to need a giant scalpel. And two abnormally large nurses.
If you know where I can find any of these things, please let me know. I'll be in my office.
Signed,
The Doctor
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2 comments:
What kind of mammal was it?
oh, i don't know, paul . . . god damn it.
it was some type of specimen, something that could fit 1,603 pieces of plastic inside its body.
some type of whale, maybe.
ok?
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