A Plastics Spill on the Mississippi River But No Accountability in Sight

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By Julie DermanskyAug 11, 2020, 7:27 pm221 pts
Read time: 7 mins When I arrived on Sunday, August 9, scores of tiny plastic pellets lined the sandy bank of the Mississippi River downstream from New Orleans, Louisiana, where they glistened in the sun, not far from a War of 1812 battlefield. These precursors of everyday plastic products, also known as…

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