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Article 1 Main idea 1 Main idea 2 Main idea 3
-Author(s): Kerry -700 species -Marines -Household and
Taylor-Smith are threatened mammals are cosmetic
from ingesting products cause
-Article title: how extinction, pieces of the
plastic is affecting the death is plastics and accumulation of
ocean wildlife caused by the feeding their microplastics in
ingestion of chicks, and the ocean.
-Year of publ. 2018 some creatures 98% of the
plastics. offspring were
-Source: AZO found to
cleantech contain plastics
Article 2 -hazardous -some diseases - For pregnant
-Author(s): Suzie metals such as such as Cancer, women, such
Hall lead, mercury diabetes, negative plastic
and some acid chronic impacts on a
-Article title: the gases caused inflammation, developing
effect of plastics on by plastics and various fetus is proven
human health decomposition immune to increase the
are released systems likelihood of
-Year of publ.: 2020 into the diseases are birth
surrounding examples of deformities and
-Source: AZO air, soils, and brutal issues defects and
cleantech water leading mainly caused damage of the
to health by plastic and brain, heart,
issues. its noxious spine and other
components. organs.
Article 3 -12.5 to 13.5 -studies -Burning waste
-Author(s): Brooke million metric showed that can release
Bauman tons of carbon carbon dioxide thousands of
dioxide are emissions from pollutants and
-Article title: how emitted and ethylene toxins in the
plastic contribute to released per production surrounding.
climate change year while the found to landfilling and
extraction and expand by 34% incerination
-Year of publ.: 2020 transportation between the have major
 of natural gas year 2015 and impacts on the
-Source: Yale to create the year 2030. increase of
Climate feedstock for climate change.
Connections. plastics.
Article 4 -4.8 million - Single use of - Bans prevent
-Author(s): Courtney and 12.7 plastics bans million of
Lindwall. million metric are plastics from
tons of plastic implemented seeping into the
-Article title: single- per year seek and forced in ocean, they
use plastics into the ocean some countries reduce the
-Year of publ.: 2021 and kill such as, India, demand of
marines Miami, plastic and are
-Source: NRDC. species, which California, used also for
is a huge Malibu, and cultural
amount Hawaii. purposes such
considering as innovations
only people and developing
living nearby, new ideas.
due to single-
use of plastics.
Article 5 -bringing our -Each - putting
-Author(s): Sarah own bags to year,some pressure on
Engler the store, studies showed manufacturers
prevent single that close to 20 is also a way to
-Article title: ways to use of plastics, billion plastic limit the plastic
reduce plastic and recycling bottles are pollution.
pollution are the most tossed in the
common trash. This is
-Year of publ.: 2016 sources of why carrying a
putting a limit reusable bottle
-Source: NRDC to plastic of water is
pollution important