Posted on Aug 17 2010 by Lisa Kaas Boyle
Californians are quite familiar with the Urban Tumbleweed, the ubiquitous blowing plastic bag that litters our parks, roadways, and rivers before it makes its way to the beaches and into the Pacific where it becomes the Mock Jellyfish.
However, San Franciscans witnessed the first great gathering of plastic bags in the form of at least 60 Bag Monsters on Aug. 12, and it was truly a unique sight....
Posted on Aug 05 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition
By Lisa Kaas Boyle, Esq.
You know the obvious reason why plastic bags blow. They are light-weight wind socks that catch the air to travel greats distances and heights. Found blowing across every freeway, plastic bags have become known as Urban Tumbleweeds. Plastic bags clog our storm drains, and litter our shores. In the oceans they become mock jellyfish, endangering the sea life that depends on...
Posted on Oct 31 2009 by Manuel Maqueda
An article in Sierra Club Green Home highlights a recent study by the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill linking behavioral problems in children from women that were exposed to plastics containing bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy.
The study, published Oct. 6, (download full report PDF) suggests that if a woman is exposed to plastics that leach BPA during her pregnancy, the baby’s nervous...
