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Working to reduce plastic use in Missouri
"The Great Rivers State"
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We can break free from plastic, Missouri!
The turn of a New Year is often a time of great reflection on the year we're leaving behind and new goals and intentions for the year to come. As we begin the adventure that will be 2025, consider how you might take steps in your life to break free from plastic, whether through lifestyle changes, engaging in advocacy efforts, or somewhere in between.
Wishing you Happy Holidays and a 2025 full of hope, health, and prosperity!
Here's our December Plastic Awareness news!
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How can YOU reduce your personal use of plastic? | |
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Bring your own reusable steel, ceramic, or glass beverage container when you order to-go drinks. Keep it in your car or your bag so it's easy to remember!
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Purchase your cheese and meat from the deli and ask for it to be wrapped in paper! You can store it in a glass container, or a plastic container that you already own.
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Line small trash bins in your house with paper bags.
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Use cloth based toys for your pets, like catnip mice and soft squishy balls.
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Use junk mail and other paper to stuff into gift boxes or big packages to ship instead of bubble wrap or air filled plastic.
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The Texas Tribune
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday against chemical giants 3M and DuPont, accusing them of decades-long misrepresentations and omissions regarding the safety of PFAS...
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The Guardian
Supermarkets should be banned from selling fresh produce such as bananas, apples and potatoes in plastic packaging...
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The Guardian
Coca-Cola has been accused of quietly abandoning a pledge to achieve a 25% reusable packaging target by 2030 in what campaigners call a “masterclass in greenwashing”.
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Just Zero
Amidst the doom and gloom of the climate crisis, one thing many Americans take comfort in is recycling. Recycling provides us with a sense of power...
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NPR Interview on the dangers of Microplastics
NPR
Microplastics have turned up in all corners of our anatomy. So much remains unknown about how these particles work their way through our bodies, and what that means for our health.
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Plastic Waste increases by 25% during the Holidays
CBS News
According to Stanford Researchers, during the holidays, from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve, Americans create a gigantic mountain of plastic waste, about 25% more waste compared to the rest of the year.
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November 2024
IPEN engaged UN officials and others connected to the Plastics Treaty talks to assess their exposures to toxic plastic chemicals, as a way to highlight...
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November 2024
Plastics are made with thousands of chemicals, mostly petrochemicals derived from fossil fuels, many of which are known to be hazardous to our health...
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November 2024
Fueled by cheap natural gas and oil, the plastics industry has grown rapidly in recent decades.
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December 2024
While a number of studies have examined the effects of prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on childhood obesity, the results reported have been inconsistent and...
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2024
The Plastic-Free Parks TrashBlitz, a project by 5 Gyres Institute, completed its third year harnessing the power of community science to identify and mitigate plastic pollution...
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December 2024
Microplastics are plastic particles with diameters ranging from 100nm to 5mm. Microplastics are now ubiquitous...
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Webinars & Videos to Watch | |
Upcoming Webinars and Events from Missouri River Bird Observatory
January 6 to March 31, 2025 - MRBO is hosting a Winter Learning Series every Monday at 6:30PM. Learn more and sign up here!
January 14, 2025 at 10:45AM - Join MRBO's Co-Director, Dana Ripper, at The Ethical Society of St. Louis for a presentation on Our Planet's Plastic Crisis.
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Dr. Imani Walker is a research scientist at Research Triangle International (RTI). Her graduate school work focused on endocrine disrupting chemicals like Bisphenol A (BPA) that are of concern to human health and the environment.
Imari uses her science communication-based YouTube channel to share information about plastic pollution, microplastics, and chemicals associated with these consumer products.
Check out these two videos to learn 14 facts you NEED to know about microplastics.
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Plastic-Free Product Highlight
Blueland's dishwasher detergent tablets have all of the power without any of the plastic. Unlike conventional detergent pods that come wrapped in plastic, our dry-form tablets cut grease, grime, and lift food stains for a sparkling clean without dissolving plastic film onto your dishes. These tablets are effective, space-saving, and are made with clean ingredients.
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Book of the Month
Dr. Leonardo Trasande is the Director of Environmental Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine and an internationally renowned leader in environmental health and author of the book Sicker, Fatter, Poorer.
This book tells the story of how our everyday surroundings impact our health and exposes the chemicals that disrupt our hormonal systems and damage our health in irreparable ways
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Microplastics are everywhere — from the ocean to our bloodstream — raising urgent questions about their impact on human health. How concerned should we really be?
On this episode of CNN's Chasing Life, Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits down with Dr. Leonardo Trasande, the Director of Environmental Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine, to talk about how to realistically reduce our exposure and the future of combating microplastics.
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Learn more about The Effects of Microplastics on Your Health & How to Reduce Them on this episode of The Huberman Lab, hosted by Dr. Andrew Huberman, a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine.
Dr. Huberman defines microplastics, explains their prevalence in the human body and environment, common sources, and their potential negative health impacts.
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