According to a report published in the July 2020 journal Regional Studies in Marine Science by researchers with Instituto de Limnología in Argentina https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352485520304886#! the authors analyzed for “… the presence, abundance, types, size and ....

On July 6, 2020, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released report GAO-20-530, titled “Public Companies: Disclosure of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors and Options to Enhance Them” https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/707950.pdf which “… examines, among other ....

“The plastics you don’t see might kill you” is the title of a July 3, 2020 Los Angeles Times Editorial https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-03/microplastics-plastics-recycling which notes that “... Not only do plastics refuse to biodegrade, but minuscule plastic ....

According to report published July 2, 2020 in the journal Stem Cells https://doi.org/10.1002/stem.3244 and https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/ap-npg070120.php by researchers with the University of Kragujevac, Serbia and others “… Increased pollution by plastics has become a serious global ....

On June 29, 2020, the Food Forum of the National Academies https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/07-22-2020/healthy-people-healthy-planet-building-a-more-sustainable-resilient-equitable-and-nourishing-food-system-a-workshop announced that on July 22 and 23, 2020 a virtual workshop will be held to “…explore the integration of the health, societal, economic, ....

“Plastic waste surges as coronavirus prompts restaurants to use more disposable packaging” is the title of a June 28, 2020 CNBC story at https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/28/coronavirus-plastic-waste-surges-as-restaurants-use-more-disposable-packaging.html

According to a May 12, 2020 report published in PLOS One by researchers with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and others https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232746 “... Current plastic pollutant research has generally assumed that once plastics enter ....

According an August 2020 report published in the journal Environmental Research by researchers with Catania University in Italy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109677 “... Microplastics (MPs) represent a current public health concern since toxicity has not yet fully investigated ....

“You’re Probably Inhaling Microplastics Right Now” is the title of a June 25, 2020 New York Times opinion by Janice Brahney, an assistant professor of watershed sciences at Utah State University https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/opinion/plastic-air-pollution.html - Her group ....

On January 30, 2020, researchers with the University of Bayreuth, Germany, published a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b04618 - “… a critical review on the different published methods for sampling, ....