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SUMMARY:Great Waste in the Great Lakes: Plastics in Our Waters
LOCATION:Wilmette Public Library\nWilmette Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer finalist Michael Hawthorne shares his Chicago Tribune
  series reporting on unregulated microplastic pollution in the Great Lakes
 \, the world's largest source of fresh surface water..\nhttps://wilmette.l
 ibnet.info/event/17346538
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>More than 40 million people in the United 
 States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Each glass
  of treated lake water is laden with tiny bits of plastic - microplastics 
 - made of toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases.&nbsp\;Yet t
 his pollution isn't regulated\, and manufacturers are moving to dramatical
 ly increase the amount of plastics produced in the United States.</p>\n<p>
 Pulitzer finalist Michael Hawthorne shares his <em>Chicago Tribune</em> se
 ries reporting\, "Our Great Lakes: Awash in Plastic"\, which addresses the
  plastics dilemma.</p>\n<p>Michael Hawthorne is an investigative reporter 
 who focuses on the environment and public health for the <em>Chicago Tribu
 ne</em>. He is a 2025 StoryReach U.S. Fellow\, an honor bestowed by the Pu
 litzer Center to support the telling of urgent\, deeply reported stories i
 mpacting communities in the U.S. Midwest.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://wilmette.l
 ibnet.info/event/17346538
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