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Plastic dust is blowing into U.S. national parks—more than 1000 tons each year
Science mag ^ | Jun. 11, 2020 | Erik Stokstad

Posted on 06/19/2020 11:01:11 AM PDT by SJackson

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1 posted on 06/19/2020 11:01:11 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me if you see articles of interest.
2 posted on 06/19/2020 11:01:30 AM PDT by SJackson (wondered...what 10 Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through..Congress, RR)
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Wow. Something new to be freaked out about. Cool


3 posted on 06/19/2020 11:02:55 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( Beginning my 20th year on FR! 2,500+ replies and still not shutting up!)
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Well, that does it, we’re doomed. These microscopic plastic particles accumulated over the years is how it all ends.


4 posted on 06/19/2020 11:03:42 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Money can't buy happiness, BUT it can buy guns and ammo which is pretty much the same thing.)
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To: SJackson

This is how soil is made.....................


5 posted on 06/19/2020 11:13:26 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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Oh my God, that must come up to something like a millionth of a gram per square foot... Devastating, we are all going to die!
6 posted on 06/19/2020 11:16:48 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: SJackson

The universe wanted plastic
https://youtu.be/NBRquiS1pis


7 posted on 06/19/2020 11:18:16 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (I'm essential!)
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To: BipolarBob

These microscopic plastic particles accumulated over the years is how it all ends.

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Donno. That plastic stuff is pretty durable. This might be how we finally get that immortal thing to happen.

Slooowly replace the rot prone parts of ourselves with plastic.


8 posted on 06/19/2020 11:20:30 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: SJackson

Covid, move aside, the reel killer is here.


9 posted on 06/19/2020 11:29:23 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: SJackson
Plastic dust is blowing into U.S. national parks—more than 1000 tons each year

Wow. I picked the wrong day to stop wearing a mask.

10 posted on 06/19/2020 11:30:51 AM PDT by FreeReign
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Can’t they use it to plug the hole in the ozone layer?


11 posted on 06/19/2020 11:32:02 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: SJackson

A great deal of plastic is subject to oxidation, and breakdown with exposure to sunlight.


12 posted on 06/19/2020 11:32:35 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: SJackson

Scientist get grants when their “research” confirms the left’s narrative.

I no longer trust scientist to be honest.

I have no way of knowing if this report is accurate. I do know that somewhere down the line it will be used to regulate our lives.


13 posted on 06/19/2020 11:35:38 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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“Brahney and her colleagues estimated” Is that not always the case?


14 posted on 06/19/2020 11:36:06 AM PDT by Fungi
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A few minutes I sawed some plastic. Rather than blowing the sawdust into the yard I vacuumed it up. Yes it’ll end up in the landfill, but not in my yard.

It breaks my heart to see beautiful plastic containers such as the liquid laundry soap containers be thrown away.

I don’t consider myself an environmentalist but for one thing we’re throwing away too much un-degradable or possibly harmful stuff.

Another thing: numerous materials go into the gadgets we buy and ultimately throw away. The individual materials once existed in concentrations within the earth. Now, in the landfills, all of the materials are mixed up making reclaiming them too expensive, so just leave them in the landfills and restart with newly extracted materials.


15 posted on 06/19/2020 11:38:14 AM PDT by cymbeline
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We have lots of dry, open, vacant, in-the-middle-of-nowhere space here in UT. 100 tons would fit into some obscure canyon in the middle of nowhere...and not bother anything. It could do it each year for 1000’s of years...and not bother anything. What incredible BS this latest “concern is”. Who cares??? These eco-nitwits are too much.


16 posted on 06/19/2020 11:41:47 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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Taxpayers have money stolen from them to pay this eco-nitwit “scientist”. What an incredible waste of resources. Does she realize that her life is worthless? Just askin’ for a friend.


17 posted on 06/19/2020 11:43:19 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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Plastic bad, ban plastic.


18 posted on 06/19/2020 11:49:00 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SJackson

I recall driving through an area in the midwest/west and being told that the “sand dunes” that surrounded us were actually natural asbestos dunes. It was so dusty the car was leaving a contrail.

There is a region in Africa where the dust is made of volcanic glass particles. Walking barefoot in the dust turns you feet into giant warts.

Oh, and 7/10 of the planet is covered with a deadly liquid that kills you by suffocation.


19 posted on 06/19/2020 11:51:49 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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Oh, and 7/10 of the planet is covered with a deadly liquid that kills you by suffocation.

Ahh yes, DHMO, I've heard of that stuff....Nasty.

20 posted on 06/19/2020 11:54:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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