There are 21,000 pieces of #plastic in the #ocean for each person on Earth. The trillions of plastic particles — a “plastic smog,” in the words of the researchers — weigh roughly 2.4 million metric tons and are doubling about every 6 years, per study conducted by a team of international researchers led by Marcus Eriksen of the #5GyresInstitute, based in Santa Monica. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281596 #PlasticPollution #fishing #oceans #seas #PublicHealth #beaches