Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Ocean Encounters: Ocean Plastics @WHOI | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
How harmful are they, and how do we know?
Plastics are one of the most common substances in everyday life, found in everything from toothbrushes to cell towers. Now they have spread throughout the ocean, with surprising–and costly–consequences for us and for our ocean planet.

SPEAKERS
SARAH DUNLOP
Head, Plastics & Human Health, Minderoo Foundation
KARA LAVENDER LAW
Oceanographer, Sea Education Association
JOHN STEGEMAN
Ocean toxicologist, WHOI

HOST
VERONIQUE LACAPRA
Host and Director of Special Projects, WHOI

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