Alaskan Toxics Group Urges New Global Action On Microplastics

An Alaskan health and environmental group says recent findings on the extent of microplastics pollution shows the need for international coordination to address the chemicals such materials release into the environment, through either new agreements or more aggressive application of existing treaties like the Stockholm Convention. During an August 18 webinar hosted by the Alaska Collaborative on Health and the Environment, Pam Miller, executive director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT), said recent findings from an ACAT report on...