The garbage that could kill the human race

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9 points·msegal··8 comments

One takeaway point that I got:

Plastics, degraded to fine grains in the ocean, are consumed by as much as 50% of salt-water fish. Humans who eat the fish are suspected to experience the negative side effects of higher estrogen levels induced by the plastics.

https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/max/955/1*sdiSfUh0sAkP...

Can anyone suggest an accurate, neutral title?

Edit: Users have flagged this, so it doesn't really matter.

"What is a gyre, why does it trap garbage, and why should you care?"

That's almost as bad as "This one simple trick to ruin your planet" or "You'll never believe how the human race will die out".

Yah, no kidding. That title is serious link bait, especially because it's not in slightest supported by the article.

I know HN has a policy of letting the article choose its own title, but I think they should make an exception here.

The policy is to keep the article's title unless it is misleading or linkbait. Double when it's both.

I'm not sure, all the article has a very alarmist tone:

* Investigating garbage patches in the ocean

* Plastic garbage is more dangerous than meteorites and global warning

* Would you like a smaller penis with that bag?

"The planet's five ocean gyres and the risks of accumulated plastic pollution"

Quite florid writing but the map of the planet's ocean gyres is beautifully done.

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