Ryantist the Scientist

Here's Some Good News! (1)

Episode Summary

There's a lot of doom and gloom out there regarding the environment and climate change, how about some good news?! Let's highlight the many amazing things happening every day to improve the world, combat climate change, and save the environment in this recurring segment, "Here's Some Good News!"

Episode Notes

Welcome to a recurring segment on the show, "Here's Some Good News!" I want to push back against the constant barrage of doom and gloom reporting and discussion about the disaster and climate change. It is important to accept and understand that they are very real threats and problems that need to be solved. However, there are so many amazing things happening every single day to improve the world, combat climate change, and save the environment. And this is where we are going to talk about them!

This week we are going to talk about the good news that has happened regarding microplastics. Can you believe that there could be some good news regarding microplastics!? Well, there is! We are also going to talk about the significant progress that has been made in the realm of PFAS, the forever chemicals. There are some serious wins here for us, so we have to celebrate them!

Read up on these big wins:
You can read the research that was conducted here to learn more about the big win regarding microplastics.
Learn more about what's going on with PFAS here

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