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PLASTIC, PERFECTED

USEFUL AND INFINITELY malleable, plastics are ubiquitous in modern life. They are also a mixed blessing.

Plastic detritus litters landscapes and befouls the oceans, and Americans are estimated to ingest about nine ounces of microplastics a year. The U.S. annually generates

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