Microplastics are everywhere. Are they in Sonoma County’s water?
…Gatorade, mayonnaise and Fireball bottles, soccer and golf balls, Nerf bullets, ballpoint pens, hypodermic needles, nasal sprays—you name it and Carol Shumate, the clean team director at Russian Riverkeeper, has seen it. Not just here, [in Santa Rosa Creek], but all over [Sonoma County]. … Despite calls from environmentalists, legislators and scientists, plastic has become more prevalent, not less.