Since breaking my ankle, I have had a lot of sleepless nights because my leg aches and it is difficult to get comfortable in bed. I listened to Farming Today on Radio 4 at dawn this morning. They had a piece about langoustines in the waters to the north of Scotland being affected by the ingestion of plastic filaments from ropes and nets used by fishing boats. The scientists carrying out the survey were shocked at the amount of plastic particles present in the gut of these crustaceans. They would need to research further to discover if this plastic enters our food chain.
I find it interesting that this problem is encroaching closer to home. It is not only confined to the distant North Atlantic.
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