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STUDY: New Jersey’s plastic consumption nearly TRIPLED following plastic bag ban

January 30, 2024 -

The study, conducted by market research firm Fredonia Group on Jan. 9, found that the "plastic bag ban" not only failed to curb plastic usage but also backfired four years after its implementation in the state. The research disclosed that plastic consumption at retail checkouts in the Garden State nearly tripled over the years.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and the state's Democrat-controlled legislature proudly enacted a law in 2020 that sought to ban plastic ...

After admitting FAILURE of 2014 plastic bag ban, California legislators now want to ban all kinds of plastic shopping bags by 2026

February 19, 2024 -

While California already has restrictions on thin single-use plastic bags at stores, Senate Bill 1053 seeks to eliminate the use of thicker plastic bags that are usually marketed as reusable and recyclable.

Buyers can purchase these thicker bags for an additional cost. However, according to State Sen. Catherine Blakespear, who introduced the bill along with Sen. Ben Allen, shoppers don't reuse or recycle the thicker plastic bags.

In a press release, Blakenspear ...

Anti-crime, anti-China presidential candidate in Ecuador ASSASSINATED

August 14, 2023 -

Ecuadorian journalist-turned-politician Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down on the night of Aug. 9 in the country's capital Quito. He had been walking out of an event when unknown assailants fired several shots, with the candidate receiving three rounds that took his life. According to an Aug. 10 report by the Ecuadorian paper El Comercio, at least nine others were injured and one of the attackers were killed after an exchange of gunfire with Villavicencio's security detail....

Bottled water found to contain alarming levels of plastic particles, microplastics

January 22, 2024 -

Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University found that the average bottle of water sold at grocery stores contains nearly 250,000 fragments of harmful nanoplastics, which are so small in size that they are invisible to the naked eye.

"For reference, there are 25,400 microns in one inch," explains The New American's Veronika Kyrylenko, noting that nanoplastics are smaller than a micron in size. "A single human hair is about 83 microns wide."

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Sharks are behaving strangely and plastic pollution could be to blame

July 10, 2023 -

Now, sharks are behaving strangely and plastic pollution in the ocean may be to blame.

There's so much plastic in the ocean and sharks may be ingesting microplastics that get into their systems and may alter their brain function.

This year’s Sharkfest series began on July 2, and the shows cover four weeks on different streaming services such as National Geographic, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo Mundo, Disney+, Hulu and ESPN2.

Sharkfest highlights include:

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Report reveals recycling plastic releases toxic “chemical cocktail” into the environment

June 27, 2023 -

However, a shocking report from Greenpeace and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) revealed that plastics contain toxic chemicals that can enter products and interact to create new harmful substances during the recycling process.

The report comes as negotiators from over 180 nations meet in Paris this year to discuss a global plastics treaty and develop regulations to address the plastic pollution crisis.Capping plastic production still a major ...

New Anti-SEMITISM: If you oppose genocide, you are now labeled an anti-Semite

2 months ago -

Mainstream media has been pushing this narrative. In fact, Times' March 2024 cover story written by Noah Feldman, a professor at Harvard Law School, claims that the Anti-Defamation League, which keeps track, reported that antisemitic incidents increased substantially by triple times following Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The criteria even changed to include anti-Zionism. ADL further reported, Feldman said, that from 2019 to 2022, the amount of people with highly antisemitic ...

More than 13 tons of boneless chicken bites RECALLED due to plastic contamination

January 03, 2024 -

According to the FSIS, some customers reportedly found bits of clear, hard plastic under the breading of some of the pieces. The product in question, TGI Friday’s Honey BBQ-Flavored Boneless Chicken Bites, was distributed by Kraft Heinz and sold at major grocery stores in the U.S., including Walmart and Target.

No illnesses or injuries have been reported in connection with the recalled chicken bites made by Arkansas-based Simmons Prepared Foods Inc. (SPFI), according ...

Paper straws and other “green” solutions are MORE TOXIC than plastic, study finds

August 27, 2023 -

In fact, Belgian researchers found that many so-called "green" utensils are actually worse for the health of both humans and planet than are their plastic counterparts.

"Straws made from plant-based materials such as paper and bamboo are often advertised as being more sustainable and eco-friendly than those made from plastic," commented Thimo Groffen, PhD, one of the study's authors and an environmental scientist at the University of Antwerp.

"However, the presence ...

Plastic bags four times better for environment than “green” paper bag alternatives, study finds

7 days ago -

New research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology reveals that in 15 out of 16 applications of plastic covering 90 percent of global volume, non-plastic alternatives actually produced more greenhouses gases than plastic otherwise would.

"And not just more, but significantly more," writes Chris Morrison for The Daily Sceptic.

"Over their lifetime cycle, paper bag substitutes produce at least four times more GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions than their ...

Study links tiny pieces of plastic in the environment to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

December 13, 2023 -

The plastics in question are nanoplastics, which are miniscule particles of plastic that come from common plastic objects that we use in our everyday lives. In particular, the researchers found that polystyrene nanoparticles, which come from plastic utensils, plastic cups and similar items, bind to a protein known as alpha-synuclein which has been linked to Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's disease.

Scientists have observed buildups of aberrant types of this protein ...

REPORT: Over 16,000 chemicals found in common plastic products, 3,000 more than the previous estimate

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Conducted by a team of European scientists and funded by the Research Council of Norway, the report identified over 16,000 chemicals in common products like water bottles, teething toys and even medical products like blood bags.

This staggering number is a significant increase from the previously estimated 13,000 chemicals identified by the United Nations Environment Program.

A few of the thousands of chemicals found in plastics are per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, ...

The plastics industry knew RECYCLING WOULDN’T WORK, and now plastic waste is POISONING the planet

2 months ago -

For decades, Americans were told that recycling old bottles and food containers could help save the environment from plastic waste. But regardless of the insistent claim that recycling is key to a greener planet, the data doesn't lie: Only a small fraction of plastics can be recycled.

Researchers have reported that between 1990 and 2015, at least 90 percent of all plastic used has either ended up in landfills, burned or were left to decompose and leak into the environment....

Another “green” FAIL: Recycled plastic found to be environmentally UNFRIENDLY and saturated with toxic chemicals

November 28, 2023 -

As many as 13,000 different chemicals have been identified in the manufacture of plastics. And since the government does not require testing for all of them, it is unknown exactly what these chemicals do to the human body upon consumption or absorption.

The Minderoo Foundation recently released a resource to help the public learn about these chemical toxins. The group's new open-access database contains about 3,500 studies on plastics chemicals that were published between ...

Study: Paper and bamboo drinking straws have HIGHER concentrations of FOREVER CHEMICALS than plastic straws

August 28, 2023 -

A group of researchers in Belgium reported this finding in a study published in Food Additives and Contaminants. The study authors from the University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) tested dozens of straws from supermarkets, retail stores and fast-food restaurants in the country. Of the 39 straws made of paper, bamboo, glass, stainless steel and plastic, 27 reportedly contained per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – albeit in low concentrations.

Eighteen out of the 20 paper ...

Study: Plastic pollution in some lakes is WORSE than the most contaminated parts of the oceans

July 30, 2023 -

Two types of lakes are particularly vulnerable to plastic contamination. The first type pertains to lakes and reservoirs in densely populated and urbanized areas. The second pertains to large lakes and reservoirs with elevated deposition areas, long-water retention times and high levels of environmental change caused or influenced by people – either directly or indirectly.

In the study published in the journal Nature, the authors led by researchers from the University of ...

Netanyahu accuses the entire world of anti-semitism

December 06, 2023 -

(Article by Chris Menahan republished from InformationLiberation.com)

From The Jerusalem Post, "Netanyahu on Oct. 7 rapes: Was world silent because victims were Jews?":

"Were you quiet because we were talking about Jewish women?" Netanyahu asked during a Hebrew language press conference.In English, he asked the international community, "Where the hell are you?"

"I say to the women's rights organizations, to the human rights organizations....

Trump judge’s wife denies posting anti-Trump messages

November 10, 2023 -

(Article by Tyler Durden republished from ZeroHedge.com)

According to Loomer, Dawn Marie Engoron ran a Twitter account @dm_sminxs, where she has allegedly been posting "FUCK TRUMP" tweets, photos of Trump in an orange jump suit, and retweeting attacks on Trump while the trial was ongoing.

EXCLUSIVE: I have Uncovered screenshots from the X account of Dawn Marie Engoron, the wife of Leftist NYC Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the civil fraud against ...

Study: “Eco-friendly” plant-based drinking straws more harmful than plastic ones due to toxic FOREVER CHEMICALS

September 15, 2023 -

The authors of the study published in Food Additives & Contaminants looked at the concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 39 drinking straw brands found in shops, supermarkets and restaurants in Belgium. They divided the 39 products based on the materials they were made of – paper, bamboo, glass, stainless steel and plastic.

Of the straws tested, almost all contained some concentration of PFAS – often used during manufacturing to make products ...

Recycling plastic turns out to be WORSE for the environment than just throwing it away… recycling SPREADS microplastics pollution

May 10, 2023 -

New research published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances casts a shadow of doubt on the merits of plastic recycling, which appear to be massively overblown and possibly even fraudulent.

To claim that recycling plastic helps to protect the environment is simply not true, the study essentially found. And the reason has to do with the generation of microplastics, which now pollute oceans, lakes, streams and rivers, and even farms where food is grown.

Researchers ...