Plastic Peril To The Oceans Survival

     There is no amount of science and technology that can counteract the damage people are doing to the oceans. Added to the following threats - overfishing, coral reef destruction, mangrove destruction, seabed destruction, seagrass destruction, trawlers daily scraping enormous areas of the seabed floor, the loss of enormous amounts of marine life and biodiversity, ocean acidification, ocean poisoning by toxic chemicals, the destruction of coral reefs and islands for military bases (think South China Sea), and more - is the daily entry of thousands upon thousands of tons of plastics and other non biodegradable oil based contaminants and waste.  Why this massive threat to the survival of the oceans and mankind itself continues to be ignored or underestimated is beyond comprehension.