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NEWS
News from the Lab
Earth Day 2016
Dallas, Texas
Dr. Plotkin was invited to a panel discussion on plastic pollution in our oceans at the Earth Day in Dallas.
The Straw that is Writing History
During her field season 2015 in Costa Rica, our PhD student Chris Figgener and her research team extracted a straw from a sea turtles nostril. They filmed the entire process and the video went viral. Ever since the video has sparked a variety of anti-single-use plastic campaigns. Read also....
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