It was recently discovered that the ocean contains a massive number of tiny pellets called “nurdles” that are harmful and extremely hard to clean up.
“This is the raw form of plastic that’s used in manufacturing, and these are often transported by the ships that come in,” said Shell Cleave. She’s the founder of SeaHugger.org, an environmental group based in Half Moon Bay.
Cleave says somehow the nurdles are getting loose to spread across the world’s oceans, creating an unseen toxic danger to fish and seabirds, even on beaches that look clean.
So, on Sunday, researchers in 36 countries were conducting a nurdle hunt, documenting how many were found on beaches around the world. SeaHugger brought a rotating sand strainer called a trammel to gauge the size of the problem in San Francisco.
And it was alarming. It took just one shovelful of sand to find a nurdle. Multiply that by the number of shovelfuls that make up Ocean Beach, and the results are mind-boggling.”
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This is a worldwide issue that involves everyone. The nurdles are very dangerous and have only been recently discovered because they are hard to identify. Since many people are unaware of the amount of nurdles and other plastic in the ocean, they are unconcerned about the threat it causes.
Plastic Hurts The Ocean 