Garbage In, Garbage Out
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Garbage In, Garbage Out
n an investigation involving hundreds of interviews with scientists, environmentalists, regulators, and workers, Rolling Stone found a sweeping arc of contamination — oil-and-gas waste spilled, spread, and dumped across America, posing under-studied risks to the environment, the public, and especially the industry’s own employees. There is little... See more
America's Radioactive Secret
The following items have the infamous honor of being the ten
most abundant marine debris items found on our nation’s beaches
and waterways during the International Coastal Cleanup from
1996-2000. These items account for 86% of all the debris
collected. This five-year composite list of debris gives insight into
the behavior of people in and around
... See moreThe sources of this material are highly correlated with the absence of effective waste management infrastructures. It has been estimated that nearly 90% of the plastics entering the ocean comes from just 10 rivers, all located in Asia or Africa. (14)