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    Archives: Plastics
    • Study: Microplastics pollute rivers on Indonesia’s Java Island

      Posted by Bill on January 27, 2021
      International, Plastics, Studies and Reports, Toxic Waste, Water

      Yenisafak: Microplastics pollute rivers on Indonesia’s Java Island. Pollutants in 2 major rivers in Java, world’s most crowded island risk aquatic life and human health, says a study.

      The high concentration of microplastics detected in the Bengawan Solo and Brantas rivers on Indonesia’s Java Island is not only […]


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    • Study: ‘Great concern’ as study finds microplastics in human placentas

      Posted by Bill on January 11, 2021
      Health, Plastics, Studies and Reports, Toxic Waste, Water

      Mongabay discusses ‘Great concern’ as study finds microplastics in human placentas.

      A new study has found microplastics present inside human placentas, which could potentially affect fetal health and development.
      The microplastics probably entered the women’s bodies through ingestion and inhalation, and then translocated to the placentas, the study suggests.
      While further research needs […]


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    • Greenpeace signals alarm over growing amount of microplastics in Earth’s waters

      Posted by Bill on January 3, 2021
      International, Plastics, Toxic Waste

      CBS News discusses Greenpeace signals alarm over growing amount of microplastics in Earth’s waters. Around the world, scientists are becoming increasingly alarmed about an environmental threat that humans are just starting to understand – microplastics and other manmade materials seeping into oceans and seas. Roxana Saberi joined researchers with the […]


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    • The great global energy shift could push Moscow towards plastics production on Arctic tundra

      Posted by Bill on December 11, 2020
      Alternative Energy, Climate Crisis, International, Plastics

      The Barents Observer discusses The great global energy shift could push Moscow towards plastics production on Arctic tundra. Russia’s powerful petroleum industry feels a mounting pressure from alternative energy sources, and strong voices now say the country’s vast natural gas resources in the Arctic should be used in petrochemical.

      There are […]


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    • Study: Environmental Health News, November 26, 2020

      Posted by Bill on November 27, 2020
      Activists, Air Pollution, Chemicals Pesticides Fertilizers, Climate Crisis, Health, International, Plastics, Water

      Environmental Health News discusses: a Study (not peered reviewed) – air pollution and children’s health; students and plastic waste; flame retardants; Study – unstable ice causing more deaths on winter ponds; and more.

       


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    • NYT Climate FWD, November 25, 2020

      Posted by Bill on November 26, 2020
      Alternative Energy, Climate Crisis, GHGs, including methane, Plastics, US Government Agencies

      Articles include: Biden’s climate plans; Choosing a heating strategy; EPA’s Wheeler cancels some boondoggles; Pebble Mine permit rejection; GM and GHGs; winter ice becoming more dangerous;


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    • Study: No place is safe: Tiny bit of plastic pollute the snow, streams on iconic Mount Everest

      Posted by Bill on November 22, 2020
      Chemicals Pesticides Fertilizers, Plastics, Studies and Reports, Toxic Waste, Water

      Environmental Health News discusses No place is safe: Tiny bit of plastic pollute the snow, streams on iconic Mount Everest. “No one had ever looked at microplastics on Everest before—the scary thing is we found microplastic in every single snow sample that we took.”

      Scientists have found microplastics hidden in […]


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    • Report: Tabulating the Victims of Plastic Pollution

      Posted by Bill on November 22, 2020
      Climate Crisis, Health, Plastics, Species Survival, Studies and Reports

      Hakai Magazine discusses Tabulating the Victims of Plastic Pollution. Hundreds of sea turtles and marine mammals have been choked, snared, and hooked by plastic debris.

      When biologists in Florida dissected the carcass of a manatee, they found its stomach and intestinal tract clogged with plastic bags. In Oregon, a photographer found a […]


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    • Studies: plastic pollution killing marine life

      Posted by Bill on November 22, 2020
      Climate Crisis, Health, International, Plastics, Studies and Reports, Toxic Waste

      The New York Times discusses These Items in Your Home Are Harming America’s Sea Animals. A new report examines how plastic waste affects marine wildlife. How severely the world’s plastic waste crisis is affecting marine wildlife is not fully understood, despite decades of research and gruesome images of 
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    • Report: U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation

      Posted by Bill on November 16, 2020
      Chemicals Pesticides Fertilizers, International, Plastics, Studies and Reports, Toxic Waste, US Government Agencies, Water

      National Geographic discusses how the U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds. The plastic pollution crisis has been widely blamed on a handful of Asian countries, but new research shows just how much the U.S. contributes.

      When the Environmental Protection Agency released its plan earlier this month […]


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