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"A ban on plastic bags ...Leatherback Seaturtles"

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:03 pm
by dz
"A Ban on Plastic Bags Will Save the Lives of Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles"

http://www.seaturtles.org/downloads/STR ... AB1998.pdf

quoting STRP "A new scientific report, entitled A Ban on Plastic Bags Will Save the Lives of Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles, is now available in advance of the California Senate’s vote on AB 1998, which would ban grocery stores, pharmacies, and convenience stores from handing out single-use plastic bags at the checkout. The bill is scheduled to for discussion and voting in August, 2010. The Sea Turtle Restoration Project, project partners and volunteers are promoting AB 1998 at several events throughout California this month!"

http://seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1748

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:26 pm
by robert-g
I hope it passes. I always see plastic bags floating just beneath the surface of the water. I alway try to pick some up and put them inside my vest, in the hopes that can help.
If you have ever seen a sea creature wraped in plastic you would understand.