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Break Free From Plastic Act – SB 3263 and HB 5845 – US Congress

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/16LiNzznxl0WeEdv8PHNizTOSRV4zIb1g/view                                                                                                                          

The Story of Plastic - award winning documentary on the connection between plastics production, use, and disposal and climate change as well as plastics and environmental justice.

• https://go.discovery.com/tv-shows/the-story-of-plastic/
  

Plastics Facts and Resources

• https://usa.oceana.org/our-campaigns/plastic/learn-more
• https://plasticfreefl.org/
  

Plastics and Public Health

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/22/microplastics-revealed-in-placentas-unborn-babies
  
• https://www.consumerreports.org/bottled-water/should-we-break-our-bottled-water-habit/
  
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/05/people-eat-at-least-50000-plastic-particles-a-year-study-finds
  
  

• U.S. House Hearing on Plastics
• https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/briefings/subcommittee-on-environment-briefing-on-effects-of-plastic-production-and
  
  

• NPR Story on the Plastics Industry and Recycling Ruse
  https://www.npr.org/2020/09/11/897692090/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled

• Frontline Story on Growth and Harm of Plasticshttps://video.wpbt2.org/video/plastic-wars-8wxame/