Articles, Books and Videos on the Plastics
Report:
The new Coal: Plastics role in Climate Change study
https://www.beyondplastics.org/plastics-and-climate
Articles:
The Duluth Campaign to put a fee on plastic bags
Ocean plastic pollution
https://plasticoceans.org/the-facts/
https://plastics.oceana.org/?_ga=2.15180918.1524395739.1661302386-172237196.1661302386
75% of the people want a worldwide ban on single use plastics.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/75-people-want-single-plastics-000351848.html
Chemical Pollution is now threatening earth’s life support systems.
https://chemtrust.org/news/global-chemical-pollution/
Widespread chemical contamination of recycled plastic pellets globally (IPEN)
https://ipen.org/documents/widespread-chemical-contamination-recycled-plastic-pellets-globally
https://ipen.org/news/new-global-studies-show-health-threats-throughout-plastics-supply-chain
Microplastics in Human Fetus
‘Matter of great concern’: Scientists find microplastics in human placenta for 1st time
How Microplastics travel globally
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/04/atmospheric-travel-scientists-find-microplastic-everywhere
Chemical Additives in Plastics Cause Disease and Death
https://www.endocrine.org/topics/edc/plastics-edcs-and-health
Link between prenatal exposure to various endocrine-disrupting chemicals and the rising prevalence of a potentially cancer-causing liver disease in children.
Rates of Childhood Liver Disease Are Rapidly Rising – Scientists May Have Discovered Why
Chemical Additives Cause Brain Cell Damage
https://newatlas.com/science/bpa-chemicals-plasticizers-damage-brain-cells/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body
Multiple Human Health Risks from Plastic Chain of Production
Microplastics in Beverages and Food
https://www.statista.com/chart/18299/how-we-eat-drink-and-breathe-microplastics/
The Effects of Plastics on Plant Growth in Soil.
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10071
https://qz.com/2150031/plastic-use-in-agriculture-is-contributing-to-climate-change/
Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/whopping-91-percent-plastic-isnt-recycled/
Polystyrene Fact Sheet: 8 reasons to ban Styrofoam
Reasons to Ban Plastic Cutlery
https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/environmental-impact-plastic-cutlery-and-solutions.php
Myths about reusable bags and covid
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/victoria-rome/paper-or-plastic-neither-grocery-shopping-during-covid-19
Dr.Shanna H. Swan’s book: Countdown: How Our World is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race, Scribner, New York, 2020
Alternatives to throwaway plastic:
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/we-choose-reuse/
https://www.beyondplastics.org/actions/join-reuse-revolution
Books:
Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle, 2002
Erica Cirino, Thicker Than Water, The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis (Island Press, 2021)
Susan Freinkel, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)
Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce, 1993
Shanna Swan, Countdown (Simon & Shuster, 2020)
Colin Woodward. Ocean’s End: Travels Through Endangered Seas. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
Videos:
Plastics: Earth Super Polluters hosted by Impacts of Plastics A-Z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaEiBK2a2as
Host a Screening of the Story of Plastic
https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/films-and-documentaries/
The Global Plastic Treaty – What You Need to Know
https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/ppc-webinar-031622
Dr. Kara Lavender Law on Plastic Pollution in the Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP04G1wJEqY
Ours: Plastics Recycling is a Lie. April 18, 2022
Older but so worth watching
Wasteminster: A Downing Street Disaster. May 17, 2021
Bill Nye and Coca-Cola Called Out For ‘Greenwashing’
Now This Earth reports on ours. April 23, 2022