The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountain…
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Sunscreen from tourists could leave Cancun without coral reefs
Tourists leave more than 200 thousand tons of sunscreen seriously damaging the Mesoamerican Reef System. Cancun, Quintana Roo, (August 26, 20221).- Every…
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Progreso Ecological Police shut down a summer house drain that went directly to the sea
Progreso, Yucatán, (August 03, 2021).- In response to a citizen complaint, the Ecological Police of Progreso intervened to close the drain of…
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While strolling along one of Oregon’s many stunning beaches in 2007, Angela Haseltine Pozzi was reflecting on how to start a new…
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Seven Caribbean countries will ban the use of plastics in the year 2020
Seven countries in the Caribbean region will ban the use of single-use plastic from January 1st, 2020. Starting January 1st, 2020, single-use…
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Plastic bottle found inside a fish in Celestún goes viral on social networks
Hector Oxte, a Yucatecan fisherman and his colleagues were stunned after capturing a dogfish (cazón) and finding a plastic bottle inside it,…