Scientists are calling for a total ban on
microbeads -- the tiny plastic pieces used in soap, toothpaste and face wash
for exfoliation -- after an analysis estimated that 8 trillion of the beads
wind up in aquatic habitats every day in the U.S. alone. That's enough to cover more than 300 tennis
courts every day, according to a scientific opinion article published this
month in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. "We're facing a plastic crisis and don't
even know it," co-author Stephanie Green, a conservation research fellow
at the College of Science at Oregon State University, said in a statement. Wastewater
treatment plants, she said, simply weren't designed to handle microbeads, which
she describes as "very durable."
The study was
published on Sept.3 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology
during the Waning Gibbous Moon . A chart for the Moon phase at Washington, DC,
where the article was published, has
Neptune in Pisces on the ascendant opposite Jupiter and Sun on the
descendant amid stars of Hydra.
This extract
from Stariq [1] about Neptune in Pisces says it all:
The value of water is likely to increase,
along with investments in conservation and desalinization. However, the effects
of pollution might also grow more evident, leading to extensive research to
address these problems. Neptune in Pisces increases sensitivity to toxins,
requiring more thorough cleanup of existing waste and a more cautious approach
to introducing new products into the environment. These may be the last days of
plastic as we know it, replacing current chemical formulas with biodegradable substitutes.
Hydra – the Water Snake
About the
constellation Hydra, Diana Rosenberg [1] writes:
Beginning under the Crab and continuing
under the Lion, Virgin and Scales, Hydra has always been associated with
poison, and since it is specifically a water-snake, it relates to contaminated
water.
Jupiter’s tendency
is to blow out of proportion whatever it touches. Here the magnitude of the problem
of microbeads affecting our water supplies has been brought to our attention.
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