“every bit of plastic ever made still exists.”
It gets worse and worse. We remember that our water district just issued a permit renewal to a single-use plastic water bottling company for up to SIX THOSUAND PLASTIC BOTTLES PER MINUTE. Most go […]
Congratulations to Chile!
Sad to see we are being left behind as a nation by our political infighting and egotism. The longer we pollute the more it will cost us in the end and, make no mistake, there […]
Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US mothers’ breast milk
As we have said: the more we learn the worse it gets. Neither should we be surprised that the “new, less harmful” chemicals touted by industry also have turned out to be hype by industry. […]
Going to the plastic source–not pretty and “not accountable”
These companies and the banks that fund them are in denial and generally do not respond to questions. When they do, they do not admit responsibility for their part in the destruction of our planet. […]
Plastic World or Plastic-Free World?
Illustration by Erica Cirino Well, I am old enough to remember Bakelite, a hard, brittle material, usually black, used as knobs and insulators in early electronics. I guess this was the start of […]
‘Forever chemicals,’ other pollutants found around the summit of Everest
Just as plastics have reached the deepest recesses of the Earth in the Marianna Trench, now we see that chemicals which pollute our water and food have reached the highest and most remote areas. […]
Study contends Santa Fe continues to decline, and the water district allows it.
Say what they may, the Suwannee River Water Management District has an “F” grade in protecting the Santa Fe River and its springs. It appears they use models for theories when they have the […]
National coalition urges Biden to stop throwaway plastics that kill and injure marine life
…Florida and its neighboring states find plastic trash in more dead and maimed marine animals – chiefly rare manatees and sea turtles — than any other region of the country. Recreational, monofilament fishing line is […]
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