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    Keeping Plastic at Bay in Calhoun County

    Mar 08, 2019 2 minutes
    —NAVEENA SADASIVAM

    NCE A WEEK, DIANE WILSON LAUNCHES HER KAYAK ON Cox Creek, a brackish stream near Point Comfort that feeds Cox and Lavaca bays, and paddles for four to five hours looking for white, grain-size plastic bits called nurdles. Used in industry as raw material for making any number of plastic products, nurdles clump

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