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Pilot Whale Dies After Eating More Than 80 Plastic Bags

June 05, 2018 | Article

More than 80 plastic bags were found clogging the stomach of a small male pilot whale that died in Thailand on Friday (June 1), just days before World Ocean Day on June 8.
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Lab 'Accident' Becomes Mutant Enzyme That Devours Plastic

April 17, 2018 | Article

A new enzyme unintentionally produced by researchers has a voracious appetite for plastic.
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Should You Worry About Microplastics in Bottled Water?

March 15, 2018 | Article

There are some very good reasons why you shouldn't panic about a study reporting microplastics in bottled water.
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Pollution Facts & Types of Pollution

February 27, 2018 | Reference

The different ways that the environment gets contaminated.
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Enriched Uranium Particle Appears Over Alaska — and No One Knows Why

February 15, 2018 | Article

A research plane detected a single particle of enriched uranium over Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The particle's origin is a mystery.
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Not Cool: Why an Ice Cream Museum Got Fined for Its 'Sprinkles'

January 08, 2018 | Article

A swimming pool filled with fake sprinkles recently landed a Florida museum in hot water.
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8 Ways That Air Pollution Can Harm Your Health

December 15, 2017 | Countdown

Toxic air can take an unexpected toll on physical and mental health.
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Monsters and Zombies? Nope, Americans Are Most Afraid of the Government

October 12, 2017 | Article

This year, the scariest Halloween costumes could be corrupt government officials or polluted water — at least according to a new survey ranking the top fears of Americans.
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Who's a Blue Boy? Indian Dogs Tinted by Polluted River

August 16, 2017 | Article

Dogs of a different color have been spotted roaming the streets of Navi Mumbai in India, according to news reports.
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Humans Have Produced a Whopping 9 Billion Tons of Plastic

July 19, 2017 | Article

Since large-scale manufacturing of plastics took off in the 1950s and until 2015, humans have produced approximately 9 billion tons of plastic.
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