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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		We All Probably Polluted a Water Body Today
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:43
	Publish Date:		2019-05-06 05:00:00
	Description:		You probably polluted a water body today—we all did. In today’s Wildlife Matters , the Masked Biologist takes a look at pharmaceuticals and personal care products and their detrimental impacts. If you are a regular listener to my program, you likely know that clean water is one of my greater concerns. We routinely mistreat our water oceans, lakes, and rivers. Sadly, the closer we look at water, the more problems we find. Furthermore, the problems we do find are not easily fixed. Well, maybe some are easier than others. Put a video online of someone pulling a plastic straw out of a sea turtle’s nostril, and in no time plastic straw bans start to pop up. Business start offering paper straws, and people buy and carry reusable straws with them wherever they go. This is an example that works because, well, people can feel like they are making a difference without really having to give up anything. There are other problems that are more far-reaching that are more difficult to address.
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