It's so great to see the subject of science fairs become a hot topic here among the Kos cognoscenti--
To DailyKos readers the problems of plastic pollution are not new - it sits in landfills for millenia. Floats in the ocean and animals eat it or get caught in it and drown.
The slurry of chemicals from degrading plastic hurts human health, animal health, and soil and ocean health.
Well Daniel was sick and tired of it and came up with a solution for his science fair project.
-- not only because it's gratifying to discuss the ways in which our most urgently pressing environmental concerns are now being tackled by kids doing science projects, but also because of the ideas this development evokes, the further conversations that arise from this observation.
