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More Bad News From Microplastics

April 20, 2024 Water Quality Threats - Plastics, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

It just gets worse, the more we learn. We are behind the curve on reducing exposure, although some municipalities and states are taking action. Read the original article here at TheCoolDown. Thanks to OSFR board […]

Are These Pre-Baby Steps? Certainly Way Not Enough!

May 24, 2022 Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

Well, this will not curb recycling concerns but it is heading generally in the right direction. The European Union is a step ahead of the USA fighting plastic bottles and it appears Coca Cola is […]

Plastic Industry’s Fake Tears

May 8, 2022 Water Quality Threats - Plastics, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

We called this out with Nestle, and it is the same here. The message is disinformation, and the American Beverage Association, like Nestle, knows very well what they are conveying to the public is […]

Big Oil Sold the World on a Plastics Recycling Myth. It May be Too Late to Undo the Damage

May 7, 2022 Federal Government Threats, State Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Fossil Fuels, Water Quality Threats - Plastics, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

For decades Big Oil and plastics makers have inundated the U.S. with disinformation [lies] about their products. This is very similar to the Florida DEP and the water management districts hoodwinking its citizens into […]

Deadly Pathogens Can Hitch a Ride on Ocean Microplastics, Raising Alarm Bells

May 2, 2022 Water Quality Threats - Plastics, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

We hate saying that it just gets worse, but it does. The more we learn, the more negative plastic becomes. Entirely preventable but that doesn’t matter, we may yet drive ourselves extinct. There is no […]

‘Breakthrough’ Study Finds Microplastics in Human Blood

March 26, 2022 Federal Government Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks Leave a Comment

There are already many good reasons to stop bottled water, but this one is enough by itself. Read the original article with photos here in EchoWatch. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A […]

Microplastics Can Kill Human Cells at Concentrations Found in the Environment, Scientists Say

December 14, 2021 Water Quality Threats - Plastics, Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

First evidence we have that what is in the Santa Fe River and in our aquifer can sicken us and kill our cells. Microplastics is a problem that must be addressed immediately but the quantities […]

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