The Mermaids' Tears: Oceans of Plastic

  • Rated 8.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2009
  • 54m
  • Documentary

Every km of ocean now contains an average of 74,000 pieces of plastic. A 'plastic soup' of waste, killing hundreds of thousands of animals every year and leaching chemicals slowly up the food chain. In Holland, scientists found plastic in the stomachs of 95% of all fulmar birds. In Germany, plastic has been found to affect the reproductive systems of animals, while in the US, conservationists are seeing increasing numbers of dolphins die in agony, their guts blocked with rubbish. What will be the long term impact of this 'plastic pollution'? Can anything be done to clean up our oceans?

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Director
Sandrine Feydel
Starring
Christiana Boerger, Gwendolyn Lattin, Habib Kharrat, Marcus Eriksen

Cast

  • Christiana Boerger

    Herself

  • Gwendolyn Lattin

    Herself

  • Habib Kharrat

    Himself

  • Marcus Eriksen

    Himself

  • François Galgani

    Himself

  • Anna Cummins

    Herself

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