Royals Yearbook 2019/2020

to the House and Social
Thanks
who organise the
Committee
Night Raffle, we got new chairs
Friday
our Bar! The money raised from the
in
of raffle tickets was used to
sale
10 new chairs which were a
purchase
and comfortable addition to
welcome
Bar. the
Night - 4 September was Peter
’Club
presentation on “The Effects of
Hardy’s
Hardy’s presentation was filled with
Peter
He spoke about –
information.
time in the Arctic that included
His
loss of the permafrost in the area,
the
indigenous people endangered by
the
poisons found in seal meat. The
the
as Part of Earthwatch to
Pacific
the level of pollutants in the
monitor
showed pictures of the island of
Peter
in the ocean, 5 miles wide, 6 stories
plastic
estimated to grow by 13 billion
deep,
bottles per year. These plastics
plastic
amplified up
feeders,
the food chain and ultimately
through
explained POPs (persistent organic
Peter
that adhere to microplastics
pollutants)
defects, cancer, mutations, and other
lead study found Bream caught in
School
Maribyrnong River contained high
the
of plastic and pollutants, injurious
levels
health. to
with his students found plastics
Studies
Williamstown Beach, possibly a result
on
discharge from Werribee Sewerage
of
Fish caught in the area have been
Farm.
to contain POPs at significant
found
levels.
is a member of Hobsons Bay Yacht
Peter
and is an active sailor. He is happy
Club
pass on his knowledge and experiences
to
anyone interested in hearing more on
to
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down into microplastics.
break
are eaten by fish and filter
Microplastics
eaten by people.
are a major threat to life (DDT,
and
PCBs, etc). The POPs cause birth
dioxins,
health effects.
Plastics on our Oceans.”
this subject.
view was “the Arctic is lost”.
scientific
time on the Sea Dragozno in the
His
sea.
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