原來在我們塗指甲油扮靚靚的同時,會為海洋生態環境帶來重大威脅的!希望大家一起關注海洋微膠粒問題,出力保護我們的海洋。
#這不是廣告 #愛地球 #愛海洋
想知更多微膠粒對蠔類的影響,可以參考:
https://www.facebook.com/…/pb.7731427827…/1191500367547021/…
唔止個人護理產品,一啲你無諗過嘅化妝品都可能含有微膠粒㗎!
例如女士用嚟扮靚靚嘅指甲油,都係危害海洋生態嘅兇手!除咗魚類食咗呢啲膠粒會影響健康之外,其他濾食生物好似蠔,都會因為濾食咗微膠粒後導致生殖能力下降。蠔嘅數量減少,自不然就會破壞食物鏈嘅平衡;而我哋食咗呢啲有問題嘅蠔類,最終又會點?真係諗起都驚驚呀。為咗令海洋生態更「靚」,我哋都係用少啲指甲油啦!
If you think you’ve cut microplastics out of your life for good, you might want to check again – in addition to personal hygiene products, some cosmetic products may also contain microplastics!
For example, one all-time favourite beauty item, nail polish, contains microplastics in different forms and can also harm our marine environment. These microplastics affect not only fish, but also oysters! Why? Because oysters are filter feeders, drawing water over their gills and then trapping and eating suspended plankton and organic particles. But oysters can’t differentiate between organic particles and microplastics, and it has been proven that their reproduction rates and offspring number decreases after being exposed to plastic microparticles for an extended period. If the oyster population crashes, this will eventually destroy the food chain. In the meantime if we consume oysters filled with microplastics, what will happen to us? Ew! If we don’t want to be the next victim of plastic pollution, avoid using nail polish today!
特別鳴謝 Special thanks to: 路邊攤 Lobintan
gills生物 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的最佳貼文
[英文小百科] 記得老師在課堂上提過要環保的例子嗎?還記得那個"可愛 (kaaaawaaaaiiiii)"的小生物嗎?為了不讓你覺的太噁,老師還貼心地為大家貼上Hello Kitty的蝴蝶結。以下是一些介紹這生物的相關英文單字與報導。
louse - 蝨子
parasite - 寄生物
gills - 鰓
atrophy - 萎縮
overfishing - 過度捕撈
eco-protection - 生態保護
The tongue-eating louse is a parasite that enters fish through the gills, and then attaches itself at the base of the fish's tongue. It extracts blood through its front claws, causing the tongue to atrophy from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish's tongue, but the fish is able to use the parasite just like a normal tongue!
縮頭魚虱會從墨西哥笛鯛的鰓進入到其體內,依附在舌根中。它們的前爪會抽走舌頭上的血液,使其萎縮。它們會依附在舌頭的肌肉上取而代之。墨西哥笛鯛仍能像使用正常舌頭般使用縮頭魚虱。縮頭魚虱似乎並不會對魚的身體造成其他傷害。
英國索爾福德大學(University of Salford)研究團隊現在也在西班牙附近的一個保護區內,發現有將近30%的鯛魚遭受寄生,而在捕撈過度的義大利水域內,更有47%的鯛魚成為受害者。研究人員瑪麗安妮(Stefano Mariani)說,「過度捕撈使水域內小魚較多,也讓寄生蟲感染引發的後果更加嚴重。」
PS 下一次吃魚小心一點吧!
Sources:
http://www.ettoday.net/news/20120305/29416.htm
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B8%AE%E9%A0%AD%E9%AD%9A%E8%99%B1
http://marybatessciencewriter.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/tongue-eating-parasites-fact-and-fiction/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymothoa_exigua