plastic pollution
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Bottled Water Contains 100 Times More Plastic Particles Than Previously Thought
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains microplastics — fragments of the insidious material that can be as small as a bacterial cell. But the problem is much worse than previously known: It turns out that bottled water…
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The Microplastics Are in the Clouds Now
Nowhere is safe from microplastics. Tiny plastic pieces are in waterways, in our bodies, and now researchers have found microplastics in clouds on top of Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama. In a new study published in Environmental Chemistry Letters, a team of Japanese scientists outline how they found microplastics on top of two mountain peaks…
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U.S. to Ban Single-Use Plastics in National Parks… 10 Years From Now
Hundreds of millions of people visit U.S. national parks every single year. They take photos, they hike, they soak in the sights… and they leave behind single-use plastic items.
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Recycling Pledges from Big Plastic Are a Joke
Recycling goals from large companies aren’t going to save our seas from plastic pollution.