The world’s plastic crisis isn’t simply environmental; it’s existential. A recent study in the journal Nature Medicine found that brain samples contained 10 times more microplastics (equivalent to a ...
In her 2025 book, “The Problem With Plastic,” Judith Enck reports the following staggering statistics: Two garbage truckloads of plastic enter our oceans every single minute; 330 billion pounds of ...
The author contrasts a frugal upbringing where containers were reused with today's single-use plastic culture. Global plastic production has surged from 1.5 million metric tons in the 1960s to over ...