Reckoning With the U.S. Role In Global Ocean Plastic
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Reckoning With the U.S. Role In Global Ocean Plastic

Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation.

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Aquatic Pollutants In Oceans And Fisheries
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Aquatic Pollutants In Oceans And Fisheries

Pollutants including industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, plastics and microplastics have deleterious impacts to aquatic ecosystems at all trophic levels from plankton to whales.

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Choked, Strangled, Drowned: The Plastics Crisis Unfolding In Our Oceans
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Choked, Strangled, Drowned: The Plastics Crisis Unfolding In Our Oceans

After surveying dozens of government agencies, organizations and institutions that collect data on the impact of plastic on marine animals, Oceana found evidence of nearly 1,800 animals from 40 different species swallowing or becoming entangled in plastic since 2009. Of those, a staggering 88% were species listed as endangered or threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act.

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Plastic’s Toxic Additives and The Circular Economy
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Plastic’s Toxic Additives and The Circular Economy

This Plastic’s Toxic Additives and the Circular Economy publication describes a number of general issues concerning the problems associated with plastics and the obstacles to adopting a circular economy approach, and focuses in particular on the problems related to chemical additives.

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