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The Biggest Source of Plastic Trash You’ve Never Heard of
From acres of sheeting to miles of twine, farms use billions of pounds of plastic each year. What can we do to reduce the impact?
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“Missing Plastic” in the Oceans Can Be Found Below the Surface
We have published the first ever high-resolution depth profiles of ocean plastics.
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Sea Change: The Ecological Disaster That Nobody Sees
A Global Ocean Commission report says that we must act now to save the earth's wildest and most productive ecosystem.
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Are Any Plastics Safe? Industry Tries To Hide Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Bottles, Containers
A new expose by Mother Jones magazine may shock anyone who drinks out of plastic bottles, gives their children plastic sippy cups, eats out of plastic containers, or stores …
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The Snow Conspiracy
Preparing for these predictable weather events is going to be expensive.
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How Americans Became Exposed to Biohazards in the Greatest Uncontrolled Experiment Ever Launched
How industrial toxins entered the American home.