What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging? – Grist Magazine
The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.
Manila Confronts Its Plastic Problem – EOS
The Philippine capital is the latest city to address rampant plastic pollution through a community-guided protocol.
Plastic chemicals are inescapable — and they’re messing with our hormones – Grist
Researchers say the U.N.’s global plastics treaty must reduce production and protect public health.
Microplastics Are a Big Problem, a New Film Warns – New York Times
At SXSW, a documentary traces the arc of plastics in our lives, and highlights evolving research of the potential harm of its presence in our bodies…
Nanoplastics linked to heart attack, stroke and early death, study finds – CNN
People with microplastics or nanoplastics in their carotid artery tissues were twice as likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die from any cause over the next three years than people who had none, a new study found…“To date, our study is the first that associated the plastic contamination with human diseases,” said Raffaele Marfella, lead author of the study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine…