There has been a lot of news lately about the presence of microplastics in everything from our food and water to our bodies. How did this even happen?
Guests: Mary Kosuth, Research Assistant and PhD student at the U of M School of Public Health
Episode sponsor: Susie Osaki Holm - thank you for your generous support!
Show Notes:
Mary Kosuth’s paper: Anthropogenic contamination of tap water, beer, and sea salt Microplastics: What are they and why should we care?
The World’s Plastic Pollution Crisis, Explained
Waste Land - an episode of Planet Money
Plastic Pollution is Killing Sea Turtles
Your Laundry Sheds Harmful Microfibers. Here’s What You Can Do About It
What Companies Are Behind the Global Surge in Single-Use Plastic
Loop’s Revolutionary Reusable Packaging System - Coming to Some Big Stores
Bottle Bill States and How They Work
Oregon Bottle Deposit ($ .10) and Bottle Drop Redemption Centers
Oregon Governor Signs Country’s Second EPR Law For Packaging
The Race to Develop Plastic-Eating Bacteria
Episode Managers: Susie Osaki Holm and Bruce Anderson
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