Humans have also been greatly impacted by the major increase in pollution. The island of Tuvalu in Oceania was once a gorgeous island full of color and life; a great tourist spot. In recent years, though, the island has become altered with garbage, plastic being amongst the most predominately found pieces of trash. With such a large mass of garbage, the beauty is masked and ruined, becoming a landfill. "People were just throwing plastic outside," says Jo Ruxton, director of the movie A Plastic Ocean. "They were drowning in the stuff, and trying to burn it. There was a constant pall of black smoke, and people were always exposed to the gases that come out when you burn plastic, including two very scary ones that have been linked to cancer, dioxins and furans.” A group of islanders in this film were among those who were exposed. Five of them had cancer and two have died in the last 18
Humans have also been greatly impacted by the major increase in pollution. The island of Tuvalu in Oceania was once a gorgeous island full of color and life; a great tourist spot. In recent years, though, the island has become altered with garbage, plastic being amongst the most predominately found pieces of trash. With such a large mass of garbage, the beauty is masked and ruined, becoming a landfill. "People were just throwing plastic outside," says Jo Ruxton, director of the movie A Plastic Ocean. "They were drowning in the stuff, and trying to burn it. There was a constant pall of black smoke, and people were always exposed to the gases that come out when you burn plastic, including two very scary ones that have been linked to cancer, dioxins and furans.” A group of islanders in this film were among those who were exposed. Five of them had cancer and two have died in the last 18