🌿 Environment Mar 18, 2026 · Erica Cirino

Using Art to Connect Us to the Microplastic Within

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Using Art to Connect Us to the Microplastic Within
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It feels like everyone is talking about microplastics: web search trends, scientific papers, and news headlines have steadily increased over the past decade, with a huge spike in the last two years as evidence of plastic particles in the human body mounts.
In a world awash in plastic particles, have you ever stopped to really think how these discoveries make you feel? Ambivalent? Angry? Disgusted? Nervous?
As a science communicator, I know there are some things that facts alone can’t convey. To

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