1 to 2 Million Tons of US Plastic Trash Go Astray
An AP article by Seth Borentstein on October 30, 2020. This is a popular, secondary article. An excerpt is below:
"More than a million tons a year of America’s plastic trash isn’t ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as oceans and roadways, according to a new study of U.S. plastic trash."
"... according to a study in Friday’s journal Science Advances.
The study appears in the October 2020, Vol. 6, Issue 44 of Science Advances. This is the scholarly, primary article. The title of the journal article is The United States' contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean.
Children and Energy Drinks: Evidence of a growing public health crisis
Press Release from the UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, March 24, 2015. This is the popular, secondary article. An excerpt follows from the press release:
“Energy drink consumption has increased rapidly over the past five years despite increasing evidence of negative immediate and long-term health effects, especially when consumed by youth under 18,” said Jennifer Harris, Ph.D., a study author and Director of Marketing Initiatives for the Rudd Center. “Companies say these products are safe to market and sell to children as young as 12, but the evidence says otherwise.
The study appears in the April 2015 issue of the journal of Nutrition Reviews. This is the scholarly, primary article. The title of the journal article is Energy drinks and adolescents: what's the harm?
