“Plastic transformed the modern world as powerfully as the atomic bomb,” Freinkel said. “But now, we’re starting to see the fall out — from the massive swirls of plastic debris in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to the rising rates of chronic illnesses – -diabetes, heart disease, asthma, infertility and other ailments, that researchers are tracking back to chemicals contained in plastics – -and now in us as well.”
via Plastic: 10 things you may not know – chicagotribune.com.
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