STOP Formosa Plastics

STOP Port NOLA

https://www.stopformosa.org/

It's been one year [August 2 2020] since the Bianca spill that unleashed nearly one billion plastic pellets into the Mississippi River. 

Only neighborhood volunteers stepped up to clean up the mess, not any public or private agency. 

On the anniversary of this tragic warning of what could become commonplace in Louisiana if we allow Formosa Plastics to build their toxic facility in St. James Parish, consider the words of catfisherman Joey Fonseca, who spoke out against Formosa at the St. James Parish Council shortly after the spill to describe the impact it would have on his way of life.    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=291872989371473&notif_id=1627994999377179&notif_t=watch_follower_video&ref=notif

Read full press release here: https://labucketbrigade.org/on-anniversary-of-plastics.../

https://www.stopformosa.org/

August 2 2020 a year ago there was a thunderstorm and something happened to cause the cargo ship CMA CGM Bianca to break from its Napoleon Avenue Wharf moorings. A big container onboard 'spilled millions if not billions of nurdles in the mighty Mississippi River around New Orleans. Thousands washed ashore on both sides of the river bank, including the river bank at our National Historical Chalmette Battlefield Chalmette.

"For whatever reason, Port of NOLA officials decided, oh well, the nurdles were 'irretrievable'"

Oceanographer and plastic pollution expert Benfield from the LSU School for the Coast told The Advocate, ?the nurdles would simply float and flow out to sea where some of them would be eaten by fish and other marine life."

"'Nurdles' are preproduction plastic pellets used in manufacturing and packaging. The pellets are the most economical way to transfer large amounts of plastic to end use manufacturers around the globe."  Travis Spradling The Advocate   https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/our_views/article_7340eeb0-e3c3-11ea-866a-c3817b826d3e.html