The #GreatPacificGarbagePatch is a #plastic #trash nightmare. It is also part of a much bigger, problem.
Out in the #PacificOcean, between #Hawaii & #California, is the Great #Pacific #Garbage Patch, a swirl of #PlasticTrash >2X the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, they break down into particles tiny enough to be borne aloft on the wind [& inhaled].
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #microplastics #PublicHealth #health #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/climate/microplastics-nanoplastics-air-global-warming