{"id":6348,"date":"2011-11-28T02:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6348"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:20:47","slug":"spotted-pollution-on-a-malaysian-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2011\/11\/28\/spotted-pollution-on-a-malaysian-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted: Pollution on a Malaysian Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2011\/11\/28\/spotted-pollution-on-a-malaysian-beach\/pollution-on-a-malaysian-beach\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pollution on a Malaysian beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bantam10\/2950740638\/&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6349\" title=\"pollution on a Malaysian beach\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach.jpg\" alt=\"pollution on a Malaysian beach\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flickr user <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bantam10\/2950740638\/\" target=\"_blank\">epSos.de<\/a> captured this telling photo of pollution on a Malaysian beach. According to the photographer, this waste washes up when polluted water from rivers and streams in China washes out to sea. I think photos like this are a stark reminder that water pollution is a global issue. When plastic and toxic chemicals make their way into the water, they don&#8217;t stay put. All the more reason to do what we can to stop water pollution now!<\/p>\n<h3>More on Water Pollution:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2011\/09\/01\/monsanto-roundup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monsanto RoundUp Detected in Water Samples<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2011\/08\/26\/shocking-ocean-ocean-animal-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shocking Ocean &amp; Ocean Animal Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2010\/07\/15\/china-plans-deep-sea-mining-copper-nickel-cobalt-silver-gold-international-waters\/\">China Plans Deep Sea Mining of Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Silver, and Gold in International Waters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2010\/05\/21\/bp-pay-gulf-oil-spill\/\">How Much Should BP Pay for the Gulf Oil Spill?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2010\/04\/26\/epa-vs-citrus-farmers-cleaning-up-floridas-water\/\">EPA vs. Citrus Farmers: Cleaning Up Florida&#8217;s Water<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bantam10\/2950740638\/\" target=\"_blank\">epSos.de<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When plastic and toxic chemicals make their way into the water, they don&#8217;t stay put. All the more reason to do what we can to stop water pollution now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[2854,1275,1681,1687,1688,1698,2407],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/pollution-on-a-Malaysian-beach.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6348"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}