Matt Simon reveals a whole new dimension to the plastic crisis, one even more disturbing than plastic bottles washing up on shores and grocery bags dumped in landfills.
... urgent ... classified as environmental science but could comfortably be labeled as horror ... Simon’s book is densely reported; nearly every sentence is a harrowing, footnoted stat.
So crushing are the grim totals of microplastics circulating in the water, air, and land of planet Earth that early on in this informed, utterly blindsiding account, Wired science journalist Simon pauses to comfort readers that there are indeed solutions to be found ... Simon offers solutions...But it all starts with understanding the scale of the problem, which Simon’s book clearly conveys.
Throughout the book, the author presents evidence obtained from his travels with research scientists studying the negative effects of microplastics. The evidence is clear: The oceans are growing more infested with microplastics, and they have become a fundamental component of the air we breathe ... A convincing treatment of a subject that will remain relevant for years to come.
