St. Louis Is Part Of A New Project To Track Mississippi River Plastic Pollution
(via flickr/benclark) Originally published on March 3, 2021 5:47 pm St. Louis is one of three U.S. cities in a pilot program to track pollution from plastic garbage in the Mississippi River, with the goal of helping lawmakers develop policies to fight the problem. St. Louis, along with St. Paul, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are the first three sites of a tracking program led by the United Nations and National Geographic. Plastic garbage can clog the river, hurt plant and animal life and add chemicals to what ends up becoming drinking water. St. Louis relies on the Mississippi R...
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