October Current Event

The Museum of Ice Cream, a very famous attraction located in San Francisco and L.A., has been a popular hit over the past year. Thousands of individuals, as well as some celebrities visit there daily. Although the multiple rooms that are full of fun sound great, some community members have a real concern with one of the museums main attractions. The Sprinkle Pool, containing plastic sprinkles, attach to peoples clothes as they enter and exit the area. When the individuals who have been in the pool go outside, the plastic sprinkles fall off of them and become litter in the environment. The litter then goes down the drains and pollute the water potentially causing harm to the marine life living there. According to http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/18/museum-of-ice-cream-sprinkles-criticism-litter-environment/ “The museum claims it's ramping up its cleaning efforts to minimize the amount of plastic sprinkles that make their way outside its walls.” They’ve even gotten help from some of the top environmental specialists in California. Overall, I think that this article is very interesting and that it is important for the museum to take action to stop the harmful spreading of the sprinkles to the outside environment and the marine life.