Scientists Say It’s Time to Phase Out Plastics to Stop Sea of Pollution

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesMay 2, 2022, 6:00 pm361 pts
An international team of scientists wrote a letter to the journal Science recently asserting that recycling is not a long-term solution to the growing sea of plastics polluting our soil, river, oceans, the air we breathe and even our bloodstreams and lungs. The scientists argued that the production of plastics…

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