Episode 179: Breathing Plastic

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that the microplastics in Auckland’s air is equal to 3 million plastic bottles every year.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/3630/breathing-plastic/'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05850'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Plastic Bag from Corner Store Laments the Self’ by Aliyah Cotton <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/156051/plastic-bag-from-corner-store-laments-the-self'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>