{"product_id":"thicker-than-water-the-quest-for-solutions-to-the-plastic-crisis-9781642832891","title":"Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuch 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. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eThicker Than Water\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThicker Than Water\u003c\/i\u003e is an eloquent call to reexamine the systems churning out waves of plastic waste. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErica Cirino is the Communications Manager of the Plastic Pollution Coalition and the author of \u003ci\u003eThicker Than Water \u003c\/i\u003e(Island Press, 2021). She has spent the last decade working as a science writer, author, and artist exploring the intersection of the human and nonhuman worlds.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Island Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453370077458,"sku":"9781642832891","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85ca77f3-dbbc-4991-90d1-80eafa832956.jpg?v=1729844637","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thicker-than-water-the-quest-for-solutions-to-the-plastic-crisis-9781642832891","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}