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A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level ...

Areas with bans or fees saw a 25 to 47 percent drop in plastic bag litter on shorelines compared to places without such ...

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Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

They then used computer data to model how this behavior change could affect the spread of respiratory viruses, using different scenarios based on virus characteristics and population immunity.

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