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Petition: Help Remove Microplastics from Our Water

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By now, you’ve probably heard about the insidious things that are microplastics — microscopic shards of plastic that have been found in human breast milk, on the tops of remote mountains, and in the depths of oceans thousands of miles from human settlements. It’s estimated that the average person ingests a credit card’s worth of microplastics every week in their food and water — and some scientists say that figure could be wildly underestimated.

Please sign this petition to urge the EPA to act now on the promising research about removing microplastics from our water!

Research Suggests We Could Boil and Filter Harmful Microplastics Out of Our Drinking Water. But Shouldn't That Be the Government's Job?Click Here to Sign Petition

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