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Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here’s why

Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here’s why

Does the prediction that there could be “more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050” concern you? How about reports that “we eat a credit card’s worth of plastic per week”? These are some of the “facts” about plastic... More…
Solving the Problem of Plastic Pollution: Beyond the natural sciences?

Solving the Problem of Plastic Pollution: Beyond the natural sciences?

Concerns about the issue of plastic pollution and the health and environmental dangers of microplastics are now firmly in the spotlight. So far, the emphasis has largely been on introducing greater regulation at an international and national level but what... More…
Can a movie help us see an invisible health crisis?

Can a movie help us see an invisible health crisis?

Lesley Henderson interviews the producer of ‘A Plastic Ocean’ The impact of Brexit on environmental regulation and how best to safeguard our health from the growing problem of pollution are issues that have been heavily discussed since the EU referendum... More…