𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 California aims to sharply limit the spiraling scourge of microplastics in the ocean, while urging more study of this threat to fish, marine mammals and potentially to humans, under a plan a state panel approved Wednesday. The Ocean Protection Council voted to make California the first state to adopt a comprehensive plan to rein in the pollution, recommending everything from banning plastic-laden cigarette filters and polystyrene drinking cups to the construction of more green zones to filter plastics from stormwater before it spills into the sea. https://phys.org/news/2022-02-california-microplastics-polluting-ocean.html