As we near MMOC’s Care of Creation Committee sponsored presentation on plastics pollution, October 12 from 12:15 to 2:00 in the Parish Hall (free to attend with lunch included), data from a 2024 Boston College project, “Joining Science and Theology to End Plastic Pollution, Protect Health and Advance Social Justice,” provides reminders of the impacts of this pollution: 
1) Plastics cause disease, disability and premature death at every stage of their life cycle in production, use and disposal. 
2) Plastics endanger human reproduction. 
3) Plastics damage infants and children. 
4) Plastic production worsens climate change. 
5) Plastics threaten human rights. 
6) Plastic recycling does not work. 
7)  Plastic pollution is a global threat. 
8) Relentless increases in production are the main driver of plastic’s worsening harms.  
With these facts in mind, come learn more about this important topic from speaker Luz Rooney, Co-founder of Beyond Plastics Missouri/Wisconsin Chapter.  Register on SignUpGenius and bring your own water bottle if you can!