#plasticispoison

What Happens to the Plastic in Single-Serve Coffee Pods? Your morning brew may contain microscopic debris.

Single-serve coffee pods are quietly shedding microplastics and chemicals into your morning brew—and there are easy swaps! 🚨 Great write-up by Matt Fuchs for @time.com—time to rethink that pod habit. ☕🔬 #PlasticIsPoison

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Coca-Cola and Pepsi sued for allegedly "misleading" consumers The U.S. Virgin Islands filed a lawsuit against the world's biggest soda manufacturers over their plastic bottles.

COCA-COLA AND PEPSI SUED FOR 'MISLEADING' CONSUMERS ABOUT RECYCLING

Coca-Cola and #Pepsi are being sued by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands over "misleading" customers with their #recycling claims

#coke #PlasticIsPoison

Considering the amount of plastic showing up everywhere in nearly every part of us in recent studies...a pattern of pollution effecting biological systems is emerging. I would not be surprised if it is also interfering with reproductive processes.
#PlasticIsPoison

'Cancer Alley' residents fight for public health after Trump drops Biden-era pollution lawsuit Alex Wagner talks with Rachel Maddow about her reporting on residents of a stretch of Louisiana called "Cancer Alley" who are fighting to address concerns about pollution from a petrochemical plant af...

. @maddow.msnbc.com talks to #CancerAlley residents, who are fighting for public health after President Trump dropped the lawsuit filed by the Biden Justice Department. Their exposure to toxic air was 10x higher than the rest of Louisiana. #PlasticIsPoison

#WashingtonDC people: Add this April 9 film screening to your calendars! This eye-opening look at the plastic pollution crisis features some of today's leading activists and experts, including @petemyers.bsky.social! #DCEvents #PlasticIsPoison

There’s a Spoon’s Worth of Plastic in Our Brains. Now What? An investigation into what microplastics are doing to our bodies.

“The adult human brain today contains about a disposable spoon’s worth of plastic — roughly 50 percent more than eight years ago.”
This is a great summary of research to date. Sorry if you can’t get around the paywall. NYmag does great work. #plasticispoison