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[A new twist on marine pollution]
From DCMC:
Discarded cigarette butts and filters top the list of littered items
collected from waterways and beaches worldwide. Approximately 360
billion cigarettes are consumed in the United States each year. But
where do all of these cigarette butts go?Cigarette butts contain all the
carcinogenic chemicals, pesticides and nicotine that make tobacco use
the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, yet they are commonly,
unconsciously, and inexcusably dumped by the trillions (5.6 and
counting) into the global environment each year. In advance of Earth Day
2011, the Cigarette Butt Pollution Project (www.cigwaste.org
<http://www.cigwaste.org/>), the National Cancer Institute
(_www.cancer.gov_), University of California Tobacco Related Disease
Research Program (_www.trdrp.org_), and Legacy® (www.legacyforhealth.org
<http://www.legacyforhealth.org/>) jointly sponsored a special
supplement to the journal, /Tobacco Control/, which confirms the toxic
impact cigarette butts have on the environment. Cigarette butts
contaminate waterways and ecosystems, and leach heavy metals that pose
health threats to humans and animals. This research brings together the
current science about cigarette butt pollution and sets the stage for a
new research and advocacy agenda focused both on preserving the
environment and protecting our public health. To download the special
supplement, view an archived panel discussion on this topic, or to
contact us directly, visit: www.legacyforhealth.org/buttreally
<http://www.legacyforhealth.org/buttreally>.
/Suzanne Garrett/
/DCMC Coordinator/
/IUCN/
/1630 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 300/
/Washington, DC 20009/
/202.518.2072/
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