Storytelling : Plastic and pollution
I am Aymeric Jouon, founder ofI Clean My Sea,Here is one of my “plastic stories”:
I've always loved playing with waves. Whether windsurfing, surfing, bodyboarding, or bodysurfing, feeling that energy, harnessing it to transform it into speed or getting washed away... This game is a constantly renewed surprise.
In addition to the energy it releases, the breaking of a wave offers an underwater spectacle of hypnotic beauty. As soon as the water is clear enough, I cannot resist the temptation to open my eyes underwater to try to catch a glimpse of this vision. The images of Ben Thouard that I relay here are for me the most beautiful “captures” of these dynamic works that the Ocean offers us.
That's all well and good! But what does plastic have to do with this picture?
On August 31, 2015, three days after a surfing session, what was just a simple discomfort in my right eye turned into a pronounced and persistent pain. Inability to sleep the previous night and partial blindness during the day. I was admitted urgently to the ophthalmologist closest to my home, and the doctor's verdict came back:
“I just extracted a microplastic from your eye.”
According to the doctor, it often happens that a grain of sand can get into the eyes of swimmers, but their rounded shape makes it easier for them to be expelled naturally through the eye. The microplastic in question had a more flattened shape, which made it easier to stick to my eye...
This unpleasant desire to contemplate this spectacle did not leave me and I repeated the experience on April 28, 2018!
The dangers associated with plastics at sea are numerous... help us fight against the invasion of plastics at sea, support us on our social networks, like and share our articles!
If you also have “plastic stories” to tell, we will be happy to share them on our site! Contact us!
0 Comments