Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis by Cirino, Erica

Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis

Much of what you've heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of...
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Author: Erica Cirino
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Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis by Cirino, Erica

Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis

¥6,493

Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis

¥6,493
Author: Erica Cirino
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Much of what you've heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea--more like a soup than a floating garbage dump. Recycling is more complicated than we were taught: less than nine percent of the plastic we create is reused, and the majority ends up in the ocean. And plastic pollution isn't confined to the open ocean: it's in much of the air we breathe and the food we eat.
In Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis, journalist Erica Cirino brings readers on a globe-hopping journey to meet the scientists and activists telling the real story of the plastic crisis. From the deck of a plastic-hunting sailboat with a disabled engine, to the labs doing cutting-edge research on microplastics and the chemicals we ingest, Cirino paints a full picture of how plastic pollution is threatening wildlife and human health. Thicker Than Water reveals that the plastic crisis is also a tale of environmental injustice, as poorer nations take in a larger share of the world's trash, and manufacturing chemicals threaten predominantly Black and low-income communities.
There is some hope on the horizon, with new laws banning single-use items and technological innovations to replace plastic in our lives. But Cirino shows that we can only fix the problem if we face its full scope and begin to repair our throwaway culture. Thicker Than Water is an eloquent call to reexamine the systems churning out waves of plastic waste.



Author: Erica Cirino
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 10/07/2021
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9781642831375


Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2022

About the Author
Erica Cirino is a science writer and artist who explores the intersection of the human and nonhuman worlds. Her photographic and written works have appeared in Scientific American, The Guardian, VICE, Hakai Magazine, The Atlantic, and other esteemed publications. She is a recipient of fellowships from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, and Safina Center, as well as several awards for visual art.

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