"Then she read an article in this newspaper, just over eight years ago, and discovered that fossil fuel companies had ploughed more than $180bn (130bn) into plastic plants in the US since 2010. It was a kick in the teeth, says Gardiner. You're telling me that while I am beating myself up because I forgot to bring my water bottle, all these huge oil companies are pouring billions She looks appalled. It was just such a shock."
"He is surrounded by illness, by all kinds of cancers. He only found out in 2016, as a result of federal action, that the levels of toxic gases had gone through the roof in his area, an overwhelmingly Black neighbourhood. He told me about all the illness in his family affecting his wife and his daughter, his neighbours and his cousins. It was haunting."
Beth Gardiner reduced plastic use by carrying bags and refillable bottles, and felt frustrated when she forgot them. She discovered fossil fuel companies had invested more than $180bn in US plastic plants since 2010, prompting shock at corporate expansion. Viral images of a seahorse clinging to a cotton bud and new carrier bag charges reflected rising public concern about plastic. Research led to Reserve, Louisiana, where resident Robert Taylor described cancers and widespread illness around an enormous plastics plant. Federal action in 2016 revealed toxic gas levels in his overwhelmingly Black neighbourhood and he reported illness among family and neighbours.
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