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All Photo Credit Ed Marshall – Plastic nurdles, Norfolk, January 2019. A new report by international wildlife conservation charity, Fauna & Flora International (FFI), highlights the disastrous impact of plastic pellet …
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Engineers at Rice lead study of how polystyrene contributes to the crisis The Styrofoam container that holds your takeout cheeseburger may contribute to the population’s growing resistance to antibiotics. According …
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By Mark L. Friedman Leave a cheap plastic bag in the sun long enough and it’ll eventually crumble into a powdery mess, its petrochemical fragments destined to be blown far and …
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By the University of Arizona Discussions of the growing plastic waste problem often focus on reducing the volume of single-use plastic packaging items such as bags, bottles, tubs and films. …
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Researchers from Hawai‘i Pacific University and NIST and other organizations produce easy-to-use documents for scientists: Seeing the need to standardize the diverse methods of reporting research to address the ever-growing concern …
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By Elitza Germanov, Marine Megafauna Foundation Plastics pollute Indonesian feeding grounds of plankton-feeding ocean giants Plastic pollution has a tremendous impact on marine life – and reef manta rays and whale …
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