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From the lens Plastic is Death.




This lens was awarded LOTD in 2011. The thanks come from everywhere as people become more aware of the danger of this toxic substance.

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  • LaraineRose Mar 17, 2012 @ 9:39 am | delete
    It is amazing to see how many agree that we must do something about toxic substances but yet nothing is being done to improve the situation. As you say though, the Bible prophesied that this would happen. Still we must do our best.
    Angel blessings.
  • SudokuNut Feb 9, 2012 @ 11:48 pm | delete
    Very important topic and well presented. Its unfortunate how we've become so reliant upon plastic products and how real progress against using them is also so slow and how hard it is to find affordable alternatives.
  • AndyPo Jan 22, 2012 @ 5:47 pm | delete
    Excellent lens and such and important topic.
  • TamaraKajari Jan 16, 2012 @ 10:12 am | delete
    Thank you for spreading these strong messages about as serious and in fact dangerous issue as this one. Blessed!
  • MysticTurtle Jan 2, 2012 @ 9:36 am | delete
    The whole thing frustrates me to the point that I can't coherently convey it to people who need to hear it. I get too agitated. You've presented it well, and I thank you for that. I just wish people could open their eyes/minds and understand what we're doing to the planet and to ourselves.
  • feliciasfavs Dec 8, 2011 @ 1:01 am | delete
    Important message and I hope the world will cut down on plastic uses or not use them all together one day soon.
  • Wordwinder Dec 7, 2011 @ 7:07 am | delete
    We are generally aware of the problems posed by plastics. Your lens strikingly brings out the enormity of this problem and its disastrous consequences. Very informative and very well constructed lens.
  • Fanstanding Nov 30, 2011 @ 9:35 am | delete
    Great and useful information. Additionally it was well constructed to engage community participation. I also enjoyed reading others comments. Thank you!
  • OhMe Nov 27, 2011 @ 7:59 pm | delete
    I can sure see why this lens was chosen for Lens of the Day! Great Work!
  • dfroray Nov 24, 2011 @ 11:24 am | delete
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    If you like my lens, please add a like to my lens as well. I am new to squidoo and I would appreciate any comments at all.
  • sandy Jul 30, 2011 @ 12:10 am | delete
    Plastics start as nurdles (pre-production plastic) and sadly, they end up in our oceans in that form. Check out this video to know more about nurdles. http://youtu.be/57_KdKrJKeM
  • karmicchristian May 20, 2011 @ 6:38 am | delete
    A very important topic. The sad reality is that greed seems to gratify more than need. Each one doing a little bit can make a huge change. Thanks for the initiative. Good day.
  • AbhinavB May 20, 2011 @ 2:09 am | delete
    I like the lens, informative and eyeopener for use... the end may be sooner than we think.. I wish the people making plastic should read this..
  • May 19, 2011 @ 4:55 am | delete
    I appreciating you for this lens..The time to avoid plastic materials is gone..
  • JohannTheDog May 5, 2011 @ 7:00 am | delete
    Great lens!!! It's so important to take care of our planet...
  • SylviaRolfe Apr 21, 2011 @ 11:26 pm | delete
    Very informative, heart breaking lens. What we are doing to the animals and the planet is appalling. Blessed by a squid angel.
  • ChrisDay Mar 24, 2011 @ 12:13 am | delete
    Absolutley right that this lens has a purple star. Thanks for an important message and so beautifully put together.
  • TylaMac Feb 9, 2011 @ 4:45 am | delete
    Thank you for tackling this topic. People need to wake up and realize how important our oceans are. *Blessed again by a Squidangel.*
  • Rafick Feb 2, 2011 @ 7:11 am | delete
    Another great lens. Thank you again for thinking about nature.
  • ricky-macleod Jan 9, 2011 @ 2:58 pm | delete
    love this lens we all should do our bit to keep this planet beautiful
  • fotolady49 Dec 28, 2010 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    Very good Lens! Awareness and education are so vital to helping restore our planet back to its natural 'green' state.
  • VickiSims Dec 26, 2010 @ 9:39 pm | delete
    I'm so glad you have drawn attention to this problem. I hope everyone will do what they can to try to avoid plastic. Blessed by a SquidAngel and featured on my angel lens.
  • scar4 Dec 22, 2010 @ 7:48 pm | delete
    The intro picture makes me think of the "thriller" aka horror movie, but the plastic issue is truly bothering.
  • SofiaMann Dec 21, 2010 @ 7:30 pm | delete
    It is always good to remember these issues and know that others are also doing the same effort.
  • I-sparkle Dec 21, 2010 @ 7:55 am | delete
    Going green is the only solution for the future. Plastic usage is just one of the many evils.
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Dec 19, 2010 @ 2:51 pm | delete
    Plastic sucks! People who think that gays getting married is not a human right think that they have the human right to buy plastic. It boggles the mind.
  • lizziebeth Dec 15, 2010 @ 3:05 pm | delete
    This is so great to have an educational lens about plastic pollution here. What a marvelous idea. You are doing a real service to the earth. Thanks for doing it!
  • raphaelo Dec 9, 2010 @ 4:14 am | delete
    Very thank you for creating this great lense. It make us get awareness of plastic using. Take 5 big stars from me :)
  • MarkUpshaw Dec 9, 2010 @ 12:34 am | delete
    Great lens on an important topic.
  • LisaAuch Dec 8, 2010 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    Fantastic lens, wonderful topic and I am glad it is adourned with a Purple Star
  • thesuccess Nov 23, 2010 @ 4:34 pm | delete
    This stuff is so important: Angel Blessing
  • Tipi Nov 13, 2010 @ 11:25 am | delete
    What an excellent presentation right fro the mind numbing intro picture! Thank you for the many hours you spent on this to make a difference!
  • charlino Nov 3, 2010 @ 6:38 pm | delete
    Protecting the earth is important. Although this is my second to this site, it is one that I could not wait to come back to just to give it a blessing.
  • NatureMaven Jul 13, 2010 @ 9:01 am | delete
    More people are refusing plastic bags at the grocery store, and I think that is great. However, I recently learned that people need to wash out their own shopping bags in hot water because e-coli has been found in shopper's personal shopping bags. I will only buy cloth bags from now on which I can wash in the washing machine.
  • Quirina Jun 19, 2010 @ 11:14 am | delete
    A very good lens on a very important topic. Werner Boote, an Austrian movie maker has recently made a documentary on this called 'Plastic Planet'. It not only emphasizes the treat to sea life and other animals by plastic wastage, but also depicts very clearly the health risks that arise to us humans from different kinds of chemical compounds bleeding out of the plastic products around us, especially when they come into contact with food. The German version of the film trailer starts with the statement 'After having seen this film you will never drink from a plastic bottle again.' There is also a book of the same title that I think makes the same points as the film. Since I read it, I am actually a phobic of plastic bottles.

    It seems that a couple of people are running experiments on living a totally plastic-free lifestyle, including a family in Austria who share the experiment on a website. Sadly, this is not in English. But I just found this interesting CNN post: http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/02/one-womans-mission-to-be-plastic-free/
  • hayleylou May 14, 2010 @ 8:50 pm | delete
    I will try harder after reading this lens. It certainly makes you think about the bigger picture, I like this lens :)
  • WordCustard May 14, 2010 @ 3:20 am | delete
    This is pretty shocking reading -- glad this lens got LOTD and continues to get the message out about the terrible effects of plastic and other dumping (I had no idea for instance about the weapon dumping off the shore of Scotland). Leaving a well-deserved ~*~* Angel Blessing *~*~ for this lens that cares.
  • kajohu Apr 2, 2010 @ 6:51 pm | delete
    I just today found an article in Science News about the huge amount of plastics found in the oceans. I've heard of "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch" before, and apparently these types of patches are probably much more common than thought just a short time ago. Very scary!
  • HorseAndPony Mar 26, 2010 @ 6:53 pm | delete
    Great lens topic. Sending a belated Congratulations on LOTD! We try to use less plastic but can't seem to completely stay away. However, we recently moved to Colorado and they recycle just about everything. We love it!
  • jptanabe Mar 24, 2010 @ 9:44 am | delete
    Good job on bringing attention to this! We can't turn the clock back, but if we could just learn from our mistakes we'd be able to make the future better.
  • jennysue19 Mar 23, 2010 @ 11:35 am | delete
    Great lens and very important. Just one thing Norma - what about the plastics that we put down our toilets - tampon casings, parts of disposable nappies and sanitary towels including the wrappers. Not all our UK water authorities are good at extracting that solid waste and preventing it going into rivers and seas. Please visit Surfers against Sewage a UK pressure group which deals specifically with this problem. I mention them in my latest lens about World Water Day.
  • GonnaFly Mar 22, 2010 @ 4:41 am | delete
    What a fascinating (and horrifying) read. I had not heard about those genetically modified trees in Tassie.
  • GeorgeK2010 Mar 20, 2010 @ 12:09 am | delete
    What amazes me, is the fact that so many people would act differently, if someone would just make them see the truth. We all live busy lives and maybe because of this, we forget what's really important (i know i have been guilty at times).

    Saving the planet is not just the responsibility off an organization, but rather the need to act must fall on the entire human race as a species. We are, after all, responsible for creating this mess.
  • akwbooks Mar 16, 2010 @ 6:31 pm | delete
    A lot of true stuff here. I never could figure out why the "green movement" high-pressured restaurants into discontinuing paper "doggie bag" containers and adopting plastic. Paper degrades a lot faster and is a renewable resource. Plastic only makes sense if there's a lot of goo (gravy, sauce, whatever) in the meal that would soak into the paper (and they pretty much had that licked).

    Pity the poor restaurant folks who are now being vilified for caving in to that demand and now being nagged to go back to what they were doing in the first place. ("Make up my mind!"). Hopefully, we won't go down that road again.
  • The-Java-Gal Mar 15, 2010 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    Great presentation on an extremely important subject. We have become a disposable society. GMO disturbs me as much as plastics, and the Tasmanian research needs to be spread. 5*s and faved. Will also lensroll.
  • BigGirlBlue Mar 13, 2010 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    Congratulazioni on your purple star!
  • marsha32 Mar 12, 2010 @ 10:49 pm | delete
    Congrats on the purple star!
  • TheWhistler Mar 12, 2010 @ 5:10 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens on a topic we should all know more about. One does one's best when it comes to recycling, but I don't believe that businesses do their best. Thanks for the lens.
  • hosting-reviews Mar 12, 2010 @ 3:46 am | delete
    I am new to squidoo and just made my 1st lens and am now poking around at other lens yours is the 1st Ive commented on and I wanted to say thank you for an interesting read and plastics , garbage and the environment.
  • guardianstar77 Mar 11, 2010 @ 7:58 am | delete
    I am in tears. I don't watch much television, and I had never seen all the clips about the damage we are doing to the ocean. I will have to give some very serious thought to more ways in which I can help spread the word about how we are rapidly destroying the sources of our water, as well as our beloved earth. Congratulations on LOTD. I would probably never have seen this otherwise. Now, I am bookmarking it so I can return and read it often. 5* and I am off to join your fan club. I will even add that I love you -- people who want to make a real difference should be showered in love.
  • KarenTBTEN Mar 11, 2010 @ 12:23 am | delete
    Plastic is wasteful and causes pollution on both ends (production and disposal) but this is a side of the issue I imagine most of us haven't thought much about... what it does to the oceans. Great job calling attention to this important issue. Recycling of course is much better than throwing away. Congratulations on LOTD.
  • KimGiancaterino Mar 10, 2010 @ 11:11 pm | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD!
  • lasertek Mar 10, 2010 @ 7:42 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens! I have been recycling and reducing plastic usage in order to help save the environment. I do hope that a lot of people will do the same. Congratulations on LOTD! 5*
  • eccles1 Mar 10, 2010 @ 4:59 pm | delete
    Love this lens Congratulations!!!
  • awelldressedbullet Mar 10, 2010 @ 2:24 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your LOTD - Kathy
  • Shibamom Mar 10, 2010 @ 1:23 pm | delete
    Very enlightening lens. I try to reduce my plastic use, the is good motivation to kick it up a few notches. Congratulations on LotD
  • kathys55 Mar 10, 2010 @ 11:08 am | delete
    Wonderful Lens! If everybody recycled even a little bit it would make a huge difference. I personally rarely buy plastic water bottles.Congrats on LOTD! Lensrolled you!
  • Mart903 Mar 10, 2010 @ 9:33 am | delete
    Hi, skiesgreen : ))
    Great example, great lens!
    Congratulations on a well deserved wonderful and healthy Lens of the Day!
  • The_Health_Lady Mar 10, 2010 @ 8:53 am | delete
    Excellent information on a subject that some just don't want to acknowledge. We've got to do something to help protect our earth and you are spreading the word nicely.
    Fantastic choice for LOTD
  • dustytoes Mar 10, 2010 @ 5:59 am | delete
    Thank you for adding my seashell lens as a link here. I am honored.
  • greenspirit Mar 10, 2010 @ 4:56 am | delete
    This is a wonderfully made lens on a vital issue for all of us. Congratulations on LOTD, 5* from me and best wishes
  • WindyWinters Mar 10, 2010 @ 4:07 am | delete
    Congratulations on LOTD.
  • D Mar 9, 2010 @ 10:34 pm | delete
    open eyes are a good thing------
  • GroovyFinds Mar 9, 2010 @ 10:30 pm | delete
    Outstanding lens & congrats!
  • charlino Mar 9, 2010 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    I have been against plastic ever since they came out with the Polyester Suit, and cannot/will not wear anything acrylic. This is a topic that has had my Irish up for many years, and one that is close to my heart. Congratulations. This lens is most worthy of its LOD.
  • partybuzz Mar 9, 2010 @ 8:36 pm | delete
    Great lens. If only more people would do as you do. Congratulations on LotD!!
  • dustytoes Mar 9, 2010 @ 6:51 pm | delete
    Wonderful info and that first photo is an eye grabber...we all must become aware and do our part...people who litter are just beyond my comprehension.
  • ShortSaleRealtor Mar 9, 2010 @ 6:38 pm | delete
    Aesome lens hi 5 for you
  • LeanneChesser Mar 9, 2010 @ 6:05 pm | delete
    Congrats on LOTD. Blessed by an angel as well!
  • The_Party_Animal Mar 9, 2010 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    What an amazing lens and you title photo is so eye catching. I must admit I have way too much plastic in my home. This lens was a real eye opener. Congrats on LOTD - well deserved.
  • Lisa-Marie-Mary Mar 9, 2010 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    This lens is so awesome! I really, really need to get better about my use of and disposal of plastic!! I'm lensrolling this to my lens about my main blog just to keep it front and center in my mind! Congratulations on getting LOTD! :-)
  • musicaldreamer Mar 9, 2010 @ 5:19 pm | delete
    thanks for sharing!
  • d-artist Mar 9, 2010 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    5*...great LOTD and great subject...we as human beings should be ashamed of the direspect we have for our earth. We are killing each other with plastic, as it has a domino affect...kill our fish and animals we have no food, contaminate water life ends for many, also toxins from plastic is killing us.
  • MysticTurtle Mar 9, 2010 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    AMEN! Thanks for writing this, and congrats on LOTD. I used to grow and preserve my own food, and I rarely had plastic to throw away. I can't wait until I'm able to do that again. People say things won't change because manufacturers are greedy, etc....but why should we expect them to change if we won't? Are you willing to stop buying the crap? Willing to pay more for degradable packaging? We ALL have to take responsibility, and then yes, we CAN make things better.
  • JMcGeeATL Mar 9, 2010 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    This is an awesome lens! Great info!
  • Superwife Mar 9, 2010 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    excellent lens, this is very eye opening and yay for you for creating this and being lotd everyone needs to read this and articles like it.
  • Mary Spangenberg Mar 9, 2010 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Since I became a scuba diver,six years ago, I have seen some pretty disgusting things in the ocean. A partial list: Large plastic lures(with much mono-line,still attached), too many white plastic grocery bags to count, a floor mop, a partially full bottle of motor oil, a bottle of liquid wrench(still containing some of the fluid), all manner of fishing lines and pieces of fishing nets,bits of Styrofoam coolers, and last but not least a full size shopping cart from a grocery store, and, I kid you not, a toilet! Chances are, that the shopping cart and the toilet were carried there during a hurricane,but come on now. My Husband and I have tried to retrieve some of these things, but it seems a loosing battle. Sometimes, the divemasters on the scuba boats just look at us like we are crazy, and throw them back in the ocean!
    Do I think that it is hopeless, no, not at all. Awareness is key. And supporting organizations like Ocean Conservancy. They host an annual Shore Cleanup Day, world wide, every year.
    The point is, if we all do a little more each year, things are bound to improve.
    Love your Lens, great job of spreading "Awareness."
  • ie2216 Mar 9, 2010 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    This is so frightening and so real! Everyone need to do everything they can to be a conscientious visitor on this planet. If we don't do something now, our future generations will pay the full price of our ignorance. Congratulations on LOTD!
  • newbizmau Mar 9, 2010 @ 1:43 pm | delete
    We have to do something! Congrats on LotD!
  • sandyspider Mar 9, 2010 @ 1:23 pm | delete
    Well deserving LOTD. Congratulations.
  • prosperity66 Mar 9, 2010 @ 1:13 pm | delete
    It's time that people understand that Earth lived before us and will live after us. What we do want is protect human beings... but do they deserve protection when they spend their time fighting each others? Hm....
    Congrats on your LOTD!
  • kiwisoutback Mar 9, 2010 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    Outstanding work, congratulations on LOTD! Plastic is a big problem, but it's cheap, and people would much rather save some money than think of problems in other areas of the world. Unless it's on their doorstep affecting them, things won't change - unless plastic is completely abolished.
  • kimmanleyort Mar 9, 2010 @ 12:36 pm | delete
    Thank you for sharing this information. There can't be enough out there about it. I just finished watching the documentary "Addicted to Plastic" last night and would recommend anyone watching it. The good news is that there are people creating plastic-like substances that are non-toxic and biodegrade. Lensrolled to Let's Stop Polluting the Ocean.
    Congratulations on your LOTD. This will bring good attention to this issue.
  • aj2008 Mar 9, 2010 @ 12:27 pm | delete
    Congratulations on getting Lens of the Day. I am proud to say that our recycling is normally more than the equivalent of waste we put out for collection each week.

    You may be interested to know that on the BBC news today it's been reported that they are going to try to clean up the Pacific and other garbage patches in the sea.
  • LoKackl Mar 9, 2010 @ 12:18 pm | delete
    This is certainly an impassioned and articulate appeal to stop murder by plastic! Nicely done! Very catchy title, too!
  • Rewards4life Mar 9, 2010 @ 12:05 pm | delete
    Great lens and a very important subject. We definitely need to change our approach to waste management. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
  • Spook Mar 9, 2010 @ 11:55 am | delete
    A truly splendid lens, apart from the subject matter I loved your use of HTML and CSS and those little graphics were splendid. May I lensroll a couple of places?
  • Sylvestermouse Mar 9, 2010 @ 11:52 am | delete
    I am so dancing over her in my own little rejoicing step! Congratulations on Lens of the Day! Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • mbgphoto Mar 9, 2010 @ 11:43 am | delete
    Very well done and educational!!
  • rms Mar 9, 2010 @ 11:35 am | delete
    Super terrific LotD! Congratulations!
  • Heather426 Mar 9, 2010 @ 11:33 am | delete
    congrats on LOTD! for a really needed lens too!
  • AnSa Mar 7, 2010 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    We should use less plastic, it is simple, but peaple won't understand it till something bad will happend. 5*
  • garyr_h Mar 7, 2010 @ 8:50 pm | delete
    I've been hearing a lot about this lately. It really is frightening on what we are doing to the planet. Not only are we hurting where we live but also where we don't. Sometimes I wonder whether we are really the intelligent ones since we may soon destroy ourselves.
  • paperfacets Mar 7, 2010 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    Everyone should get started and do a little bit. First start is DO NOT buy small water bottles, single serving soda in plastic and use carry in shopping bags. You would not even have to change your life style to start with these simple measures. Very good.
  • Sylvestermouse Mar 6, 2010 @ 10:59 am | delete
    As always, an excellent, thought provoking lens. Even though I can not eat seafood, I love the ocean and the gorgeous animals that live in there. It literally makes me sick to think of how irresponsible we all can be without thinking. I know it will sound contradictory, but I love to fish. With the exception of my daughter, the rest of the family can eat seafood and fish. I don't know how many times I have seen people out on a boat just toss over food wrappers, drink cans, cigarettes or trash like it was no big deal. As a result of growing up with environmentally conscience parents, we always carry our trash back with us and dispose of it properly. Sometimes I get home with my jeans pockets literally bulging with the days discards :) Angel Blessed!

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