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Pamela L. Geller
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Just an archaeologist thinking about the common sense of small, plastic things forgotten... #plasticarchaeology
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Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
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December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Art & Climate Panel on 8 Nov 2025 at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Microplastics are everywhere, even in human testicles. So will the patriarchy finally step in? | Van Badham
It’s not the sisterhood busting your balls, fellas – it’s the fossil fuel interests making money from the tonnes of synthetic garbage spewed on to the planet every day
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August 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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🍆 … www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Detection of microplastics in the human penis - International Journal of Impotence Research
International Journal of Impotence Research - Detection of microplastics in the human penis
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August 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The math ain't mathing…
www.ciel.org/plastics-pet...
Propping Up a Failing Industry: How Overcapacity, Tariffs, and Subsidies Are Masking the Plastics and Petrochemical Crisis - Center for International Environmental Law
Published on July 24, 2025. By Ximena Banegas, Global Plastics and Petrochemicals Campaigner at the Center for International Environmental Law.  The petrochemical industry is facing a financial crisis...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Mapping the chemical complexity of plastics - Nature
An inventory of 16,325 known plastic chemicals, including >4,200 hazardous compounds, supports the development of safer plastics.
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July 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Plasticized foil bag
PepsiCo's subsidiary
Beach cleanup remains

#packaging #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #Lay’s #PepsiCo Provenience: 25.77586° N, 80.13053° W [Miami Beach, FL – Lummus Park]
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Miami Children's Environmental Congress, 10-11 April 2025...so happy to have been invited to participate in this
great event!
April 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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23 billion
thrown away annually.
Something is rotten.

#toothbrush #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #Oral-B
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.91895° N, 77.03195° W [Washington, DC - Adams Morgan]
March 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Floss pick discarded
Photosynthesis hindered
Microplastic soil

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #plackers #perrigo #ranir
Photo credit: Isabelle Sandnas
Provenience: 25°43'15"N 80°16'36"W [University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida]
March 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The Chthulucene
Man, pavement, river, sea, fish
An entanglement

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #zootealy
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.92330° N, 77.04935° W [Washington, DC - Washington Memorial Bridge]
February 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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5th grade beach clean up
Plastic paraphernalia
Today’s PSA

#vape #syringe #condomwrapper #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #raz #trojan
Provenience: 25.77363° N, 80.13087° W [Miami Beach, FL - South Beach]
February 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Pink giraffe flosser
Kid tested, parent approved
Nylon and PP

#dentalflosspick #plasticarchaeology #sciencehaiku #zootealy
Photo credit: Alanna Warner-Smith
Provenience: 38.92430° N, 77.05198° W [Washington, DC - Woodley Park]
February 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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🛑 Observers struggled to follow #PlasticsTreaty talks in Busan due to closed-door meetings.

📨 We sent an open letter urging the INC Bureau to uphold observer rights and boost transparency. 👇
Open letter to INC Bureau regarding observer participation at INC 5.2 - Ikhapp
Letter sent to INC Bureau on behalf of the Scientists’ Coalition calling for protections and assurances for observer participation at INC 5.2, dated 11th February 2025.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws claiming paper ones ‘explode’
Trump signs order to bring back plastic straws claiming paper ones ‘explode’
Order rolls back Biden policy to phase out federal purchases of single-use plastic as Trump calls it a ‘ridiculous situation’ On Monday, Donald Trump took aim at a “ridiculous situation” that directly affects his daily life: paper straws. He signed an…
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February 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM