Emily Penn: Help! "I've found chemicals of plastic in my body"

Emily Penn shares her remarkable story sailing the Oceans of the planet panning for plastic mirco particles. Her shocking discovery that the sun and the waves breaks plastic down into its chemicals is new news. It is these plastic chemicals that can enter the flesh of fish and our own bodies that is most frightening and unknown before. Emily is bringing a smart and strategic approach to reducing plastic deposits in our seas by applying the science of chemical analysis to target the culprits - and it is actually shocking to hear, and yet inspiring too. I tracked Emily down because I wanted to get the facts following talking to Jo Ruxton on what was really happening to fish as a result of plastic in the sea.[A longer episode but worth listening to]  Subscribe to Saving Tomorrow’s Planet PodcastAppleSpotify