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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 20181213__Cuáles-son-los-obstáculos-para…

- - - - The sun breaks them down over time
        
        They break down into tiny fragments knows as microplastics
  - - - Polyethylene for example, is non-polar
        
        The dipole-dipole attraction (or polarity) of water cannot break apart and separate different parts of the polyethylene
      - The water molecules are too weak to be able to pull the plastic molecules apart which means the plastics won't decompose chemically but rather will break down physically
- - - - Humans eat sea animals
        
        Humans end up consuming plastics
        
        Plastics in the humans diet can lead to many problems such as:
        
        cardiovascular diseases
        
        inflammatory bowel disease
        
        cancer
        
        chronic inflammation
        
        oxidative stress
        
        Hormonal Imbalance
        
        genotoxicity
        
        inflammation
        
        And many more
      - Thousands of animals die each year from having plastic in their digestive systems and getting entangled in it