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A World Without Plastic

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Plastic Game Is Not Distributed Equally

In 19 50, the world made about two million tons of plastic per year. Since then annual production has increased 200 times,. So just in 20 15, for example, the world was making not two million tons, but 381 million tons. And as we pointed out the microplastic episode a, studies show that nowadays, plastic particles might be inside your body before you're born. Think they might go through your mother and go across the barrier and get into you while you're in the womb? People aren't too sure. That's the scary part.

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