Gorillaz

I learned something in my science class today. Apparently, the reason gorillas are going extinct has to do with cell phones. There’s a landfill near the main gorilla habitat in the Congo River Basin. In this landfill, the main articles of trash are cell phones. The toxins in the cell phones, being non-biodegradable, seep into the ground and are taken up by the roots of plants. These are eaten by the gorillas and due to bioaccumulation, the toxins build up and become dangerous. If it were a strong toxin, such as one poisonous at 5 ppm, the gorilla is done for.

And so, to save the gorillas, stop buying new cell phones. Your old ones work just as well.

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