Article could have come from a fifth grader. All those silly curse words were intending to make him look like a grownup.
FAIL!
The language is perfectly appropriate given the subject matter.
It worries me a little that, as with antibiotics, we’ve nearly exhausted our arsenal and may not have the means to handle some future crises, but experts assure me that combined with human ingenuity the remaining stock is more than adequate —especially if we recycle.