Add your name: Stop plastic pollution today
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Dear John,

Stop the plastic pollution crisis:

Sign the petition!
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One garbage truck per minute.

According to the World Economic Forum, this is how much plastic is being dumped
in the ocean each year is the equivalent of a garbage truck a minute. Plastic
pollution has infiltrated our oceans, is ingested by marine life and has made
its way into our food supply.

Name, please sign this petition and demand that Congress address the plastic
pollution crisis right now.
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Everytime we eat fish, or animals fed on fish products, we are inadvertently
eating plastic.

New research estimates the average person ingests about 50,000 plastic particles
each year; and that’s a low estimate which doesn’t account for the amount we
inhale! Once broken down, microplastics release toxic chemicals that are linked
to harmful health effects, including cancer, reproductive problems and a
weakened immune system.

This is a crisis that can no longer be ignored. It’s time to put an end to
reckless plastic production.

Sign this petition and demand that Congress address this crisis now.
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Ninety-nine percent of plastics are produced from chemicals sourced from fossil
fuels. Not only are plastics and fossil fuels made of the same material, they
are made by the same companies! Seven out of ten of the largest plastic
producers are oil and natural gas companies. In other words, Exxon is putting
gas in your car and plastic in your water bottle.

Since the 1950s, the petrochemical industry has produced a staggering 8.3
billion tons of plastic. Only a tiny proportion of that has been recycled; the
rest can be found everywhere around the world, even in the deepest oceans. This
is a crisis that can no longer be ignored. It’s time to put an end to reckless
plastic production.

Today, fueled by an oversupply of fracked gas, plastic production is on the
rise. At the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a climate justice organization
near DC, we had enough. We are raising the alarm about the next big carbon super
polluter and its links to the fossil fuel industry.

If you’ve had enough too, add your name and demand that Congress address the
plastic pollution crisis and hold the plastic producers responsible.
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Sincerely,

Mike Tidwell
Executive Director
CCAN Action Fund

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