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edition.cnn.com The Great Pacific Garbage Patch may now have so much plastic, it’s changing the color of the ocean... In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, a wide patch of water has become significantly bluer and greener. A team of scientists have discovered there may be a disturbing reason for it:... 
www.washingtonpost.com How many microplastics are in your water? Soon, you could test it. Labs are beginning to offer direct-to-consumer tests for detecting microplastics in water. But some experts worry that they won’t do much to reduce microplastics exposure. 
edition.cnn.com Coffee’s new status symbol is a machine without plastic | CNN Business Growing concern over ingesting microplastic is sparking a wave of plastic-free coffee pods and machines. 