Plastics
There is a memorable scene from the movie The Graduate where Ben (Dustin Hoffman) is taken outside at his college graduation party by a friend of his fathers’. The friend says (regarding Ben’s future) “I have just one word for you: plastics”. Fifty years ago, plastics seemed to be a boom in terms of both convenience and commerce. Now, plastics are doom in terms of environmental harm and human health. Once plastics are released into the environment (soil and water)…