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Tackling plastic pollution needs policy and new science

3 mins | Apr 18, 2018

Plastic pollution now rivals global warming as the most urgent threat to the environment. Clive Cookson, writing in the Financial Times, describes the true extent of the damage and how politicians are attending to the issue.

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