Emily Penn – The body burden of our plastic problem

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Emily Penn – The body burden of our plastic problem

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Topics

Advocacy, Animals, Food, Health, Lifecycle, Ocean Pollution, Plastic Pollution, Solutions, Toxic Chemicals

Audiences

Activists, Educators, Health Professionals, Students

Type

Film

Ocean advocate Emily Penn has seen first hand how much plastic ends up in the oceans. In this TED Talk, she explains how the toxins from plastic makes their way into our food chain and how we might be able to stop it.

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