"Despite the improvements to nutrient concentrations and #biodiversity, there are emerging #chemicalpollutants and we have very little information on their impacts. This is where I think the concerned public should now turn their attention."

Is #pollution in England’s #rivers really getting worse? There’s more #goodnews than you might think | Michelle Jackson | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/16/pollution-england-rivers-storm-overflows-protest

Republicans are generally anti-science now, but supposedly they're pro-family. Will they a block a future bill that will address this chemicals from plastic problem contributing to premature births?

One in 10 premature births in the United States have been linked to pregnant women being exposed to chemicals in extremely common plastic products, a large study said on Wednesday.

#Environment #Plastic #ToxicChemicals #ChemicalPollutants
#Health #PrematureBirths

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-premature-births-linked-plastic-chemicals.html