Sen. Reed, Rep. Langevin Deliver $1M to Help URI Researchers Turn Tide on Plastics Pollution
September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022:
The United States has made real progress in reducing pollution and cleaning up waterways. But the proliferation of plastics pollution, while largely invisible to the human eye, is becoming alarmingly worse.
Microplastics and nanoplastics -- tiny polymer fragments -- are turning up everywhere: in waterways, fish, birds, wildlife, and in people. Plastic . . .
The United States has made real progress in reducing pollution and cleaning up waterways. But the proliferation of plastics pollution, while largely invisible to the human eye, is becoming alarmingly worse.
Microplastics and nanoplastics -- tiny polymer fragments -- are turning up everywhere: in waterways, fish, birds, wildlife, and in people. Plastic . . .