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2 stories tagged plastic-pollution, newest first.

Screenshot of oist.jp: New plastic pollution discovered: 'Plasticorals' coral rubble fused with plastic

New plastic pollution discovered: 'Plasticorals' coral rubble fused with plastic (oist.jp)

103 points by giuliomagnifico 4 days ago | 62 comments

OIST research news release describing 'plasticorals', coral rubble fused with melted plastic found on Okinawa beaches, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin.

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Screenshot of newyorker.com: Plastics are poisoning us

Plastics are poisoning us (newyorker.com)

361 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 416 comments

New Yorker article by Elizabeth Kolbert on how plastics release and attract toxic chemicals and spread everywhere, from human placentas to deep ocean trenches.

microplastics plastic-pollution toxic-chemicals environmental-health

#plastic-pollution on Hacker News

New plastic pollution discovered: 'Plasticorals' coral rubble fused with plastic(oist.jp)

Plastics are poisoning us(newyorker.com)

New plastic pollution discovered: 'Plasticorals' coral rubble fused with plastic (oist.jp)

Plastics are poisoning us (newyorker.com)