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05/14/2018 / By Janine Acero

The need to carefully cull compost: Research suggests microplastics may be entering freshwater and soil from contaminated compost

Composting is known to be an environment-friendly practice of waste disposal. However, one study published in Science Advances suggests that organic compost and fertilizers may contain some amount of microplastics that make their way into freshwater and soil. Studies have highlighted the presence of microplastics in water, but researchers at the University of Bayreuth in Germany […]

04/26/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

The Daily Caller’s environmental stupidity on parade: Chop down more trees, use plastic bags and “eat GMOs”

When you read the recent Earth Day article by Michael Bastasch on The Daily Caller, the first thing you might be tempted to do is check the date to see if it was written on April 1. The advice is so incredibly bad and contrary to everything we know about the environment that it’s hard […]

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