{"id":9240,"date":"2024-04-24T11:32:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:33:20","slug":"turtle-got-stuck-in-a-piece-of-plastic-you-wont-believe-what-happened-to-it-after-19-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=9240","title":{"rendered":"Turtle Got Stuck in a Piece of Plastic. You Won\u2019t Believe What Happened to It after 19 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a poignant reminder of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on wildlife, a snapping turtle named May West faced a life-altering ordeal that unfolded over 19 years. Plastic pollution, a pervasive global issue since the mass production of plastic began in the 1950s, has reached alarming levels, with over 460 million tons of plastic produced in 2019 alone.<\/p>\n<p>The dire consequences of plastic pollution are evident in our oceans, where 5.25 trillion macro and micro pieces of plastic now contaminate the waters. Disturbingly, every day witnesses around 8 million more pieces of plastic entering the oceans, causing irreparable harm to various ecosystems and endangering countless marine species.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=9243\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9039 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Readmore-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a poignant reminder of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on wildlife, a snapping turtle named May West faced a life-altering ordeal that unfolded over 19 years. Plastic pollution, a pervasive global issue since the mass production of plastic began in the 1950s, has reached alarming levels, with over 460 million tons of plastic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=9240\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Turtle Got Stuck in a Piece of Plastic. You Won\u2019t Believe What Happened to It after 19 Years&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9245,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9240\/revisions\/9245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}