A gesture that made the tour of the social networks and turned on a furious debate. A woman was resumed while washing the glasses directly at sea, off the coast of Sant’Angelo in Ischia, using the common detergent for dishes. The video, which documents the whole scene, ended up on social media thanks to the deputy Francesco Emilio Borrelli.
Hi Francesco, we are outraged for the behaviors of some people who have no respect for the sea, but to see a woman who washes the glasses with the rapin off the coast of Sant’Angelo in Ischia and then rinse the soap at sea. Unfortunately there is still little respect for nature and the environment.
The images clearly show the woman who, without any modesty, pour the detergent on the glasses and rinse them in the Mediterranean. A behavior that has unleashed hundreds of comments from inferocytes, many of whom speak of “poisoning of the sea” and ask for severe penalties.
The case reopens a question that should now be overcome but that evidently is not. Someone could say “our grandmothers always did it”, and it’s true. But there is an abysmal difference: the grandmothers used homemade soaps with natural ingredients such as ash, which quickly degraded without leaving toxic traces.
Modern detergents, on the other hand, contain synthetic surfactants, perfumes, preservatives and other chemicals which, even if on the package it is written “biodegradable”, take much more time to decompose and in the meantime they can damage the marine fauna. Fish, molluscs and microorganisms can undergo stress or behavioral alterations.
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It is not the first time that similar episodes end up in the spotlight. The lack of awareness remains the main problem. Many still don’t understand that the sea is not a giant sink where to throw anything. Each small gesture has consequences on the marine ecosystem, already put to the test by pollution and climate change.
More environmental education would be needed, more severe checks and maybe some salted fine to make it clear that certain behaviors are no longer acceptable. Our Mediterranean deserves respect, not detergent.
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