"II-I-I-IIII got an ocean pearl..." Ha! How 'bout some Lake Ontario pearls?
*Disclaimer*: If you have issues with "female products", you may have issues with this post. But really, get over it. :)
I'd like to find out who thought creating Tampax Pearl and other plastic-applicator tampons was a good idea. I truly would. Aside from it being a bad idea to put plastic in your vag (even briefly), guess where the applicators end up?
On the shores of Lake Ontario! And in oceans, of course. Five... FIVE! in just one tiny little spot on Sandbanks Beach last weekend.
*Ladies!* Whatever you stick up your hoo-haw is your own business, but it becomes the world's business when the remnants end up in our water system. PLEASE, choose cardboard applicators if you use tampons! They biodegrade. Simple little decisions we make everyday have tremendous impacts later on. The proof is in the pudding... or on the beach.
The island of garbage and plastic in the Pacific Ocean (the North Pacific Gyre) is a giant, albeit not often talked about, problem. Well folks, the problem is also right in your backyard, on our beloved beaches.
Ugh, guess I'll have to take some garbage bags next time...
Two quotes from Mr Jacques Cousteau for this posting. They are both so relevant, I couldn't pick just one.
"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans."
"We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
