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Invisible Invaders of Microplastics: What Are You Really Consuming?

Understanding the Mechanics of Microplastics If you’re ever analyzing where the plastic you get rid of goes, you will find that it may never completely depart from you. Instead, you will come to realize your coexistence with microplastics–tiny, unseeable specks that pose detrimental harm to both human, wildlife, and environmental health. In fact, most Americans have enough microplastics in their brain to construct a plastic spoon. Urgently, we cannot dismiss the action we need to take to prevent these invisible invaders’ worsening consequences. The leftover plastic from production is often common in our society, with “The total waste landfilled in […]

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Do You Know What You Are Wearing? The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion on the Planet and People

How Fast Fashion Pollutes the Planet and Exploits People When you pick up a $10 t-shirt or scroll through a flash sale online, it is easy to forget the behind-the-scenes processes that each piece of clothing goes through before it reaches your hands. Each piece of clothing represents an intricate web of global production, from cotton fields and polyester factories to dyeing plants and sewing floors, that often stretches across multiple continents. Fast fashion, defined as the rapid production of inexpensive, trend-driven clothing, has completely transformed how the world shops. What was once a slow, seasonal cycle of fashion collections […]

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