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"From the Editor": Plastics
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This brief editorial piece discusses microplastics in fish and the human body in the context of a religious holiday reflection, linking environmental concerns with personal ethics and responsibility. It illustrates how awareness of microplastic contamination is entering cultural and religious conversations beyond scientific circles.
Discusses Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, along with the topic of microplastics in fish, and in the human body; along with how trash is disposed of at Kibbutz Lotan in the Negev Desert.
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