Category: plastic

Health, plastic, waste management

Ask What You Can Do | The Plastic Crisis

Washington (CAR) Analysis | April 8, 2024 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise, and the segment on Supervisor James Walkinshaw edited by Andrea Lewis; Image Credit: AdobeStock

The growing global plastic crisis demands urgent attention and immediate action. Recent headlines have warned that invisible plastic particles pose a very serious health risk. “Microplastics Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Study Finds,” was reported by Healthline in March of 2024. “Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems,” informed Nature the same month. 

Continue reading “Ask What You Can Do | The Plastic Crisis” →
Climate Change, Health, heat, plastic

Alarming Findings | We’re All Inhaling Nanoplastics

Washington (CAR) Analysis | January 31, 2022, by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

Nanoplastic is a recently discovered novel hazard that undermines human health and has the potential to result in infertility, inflammation and cancer. The possible nanoplastic toxicological threat for humans is being propelled to the forefront of our minds, following targeted research on the alarming plastic crisis that has reached the farthest corners of the earth. 

Continue reading “Alarming Findings | We’re All Inhaling Nanoplastics” →
Climate Action, Climate Change, plastic

Plastic Bank and Ocean Bound Social Plastic, Really?

Washington (GGM) Analysis | January 29, 2022, by Noreen Wise, Founder & CEO of Gallant Gold Media; Image Credit AdobeStock

The plastic crisis engulfing the globe and posing a major health threat to billions of innocent, impoverished people living in coastal communities in third world countries has created a spurious opportunity for the industrious courtesy of Plastic Bank. Founded in 2013 by Shaun Frankson and David Katz, Plastic Bank is a nonprofit with a mission to turn plastic “waste into worth”… and empower “vulnerable communities with a path out of poverty.”

Continue reading “Plastic Bank and Ocean Bound Social Plastic, Really?” →