The microplastics
By Tom Lagasse
Swim in the ocean like fish
Straight to the heart
According to projections, there will be more microplastics in the ocean than fish by 2050. And we are what we eat. As research is increasingly showing, microplastics are already being found in our bodies.
Further reading:
‘More plastic than fish’, Plastic Soup Foundation, available: https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/plastic-problem/plastic-soup/more-plastic-than-fish/
‘With microplastics, scientists are in a race against time’, 2024, Osaka, S., The Washington Post, available: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/11/microplastics-health-impacts-unknown/
Author bio:
Tom’s poetry has appeared in The Silver Birch Poetry Series, Freshwater Literary Journal, The Eunoia Review, and in numerous anthologies. He will be one of the Writers in Residence at the Edwin Way Teale House at Trail Wood this summer. He lives in Bristol, Connecticut, USA. You can follow him on X/Twitter at @tomlagasse.
See more sciku by Tom: Geological Maps.