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And those are the"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":544.259,"endTime":548.909,"body":"beads or microbeads that we"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":548.909,"endTime":553.709,"body":"often found in various cosmetics"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":548.909,"endTime":553.709,"body":"are currently banned in Canada."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":554.039,"endTime":556.619,"body":"But you know, we have found them"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":554.039,"endTime":556.619,"body":"certainly in the North"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":556.619,"endTime":560.129,"body":"Saskatchewan River and various"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":556.619,"endTime":560.129,"body":"other sites that we've sampled"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":560.189,"endTime":563.279,"body":"in the Edmonton region. And"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":560.189,"endTime":563.279,"body":"that's probably it's a bit of an"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":563.279,"endTime":566.639,"body":"echo of the past. So there's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":563.279,"endTime":566.639,"body":"probably products still on the"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":566.639,"endTime":569.069,"body":"shelf and people's bathrooms"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":566.639,"endTime":569.069,"body":"that they're using. And so"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":569.069,"endTime":571.5889999999999,"body":"they're getting into the system"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":569.069,"endTime":571.5889999999999,"body":"in various ways. And the other"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":571.5889999999999,"endTime":573.689,"body":"one, of course, is what you had"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":571.5889999999999,"endTime":573.689,"body":"first mentioned, and that is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":573.689,"endTime":576.869,"body":"just basically breakdown of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":573.689,"endTime":576.869,"body":"anything from a plastic water"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":576.869,"endTime":580.469,"body":"bottle to cellophane. And what I"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":576.869,"endTime":580.469,"body":"think is one of the more"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":580.469,"endTime":584.039,"body":"ubiquitous issues is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":580.469,"endTime":584.039,"body":"microplastic fibers, that is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":584.039,"endTime":587.039,"body":"probably the most common"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":584.039,"endTime":587.039,"body":"contaminant that we found is the"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":587.039,"endTime":590.669,"body":"fibers. You know, to be honest,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":587.039,"endTime":590.669,"body":"a lot of it is from the clothing"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":590.729,"endTime":594.149,"body":"and it's in most of our clothing"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":590.729,"endTime":594.149,"body":"and in some form, right even if"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":594.149,"endTime":596.009,"body":"it's just the threat or"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":594.149,"endTime":596.009,"body":"something like that. And of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":596.009,"endTime":600.629,"body":"course, a very high proportion"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":596.009,"endTime":600.629,"body":"of all our clothing is is 100%"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":600.749,"endTime":605.219,"body":"synthetic, which of course is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":600.749,"endTime":605.219,"body":"plastic. A big source of them is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":605.219,"endTime":608.519,"body":"actually washing machines. So"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":605.219,"endTime":608.519,"body":"washing machines can can"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":608.519,"endTime":612.479,"body":"concentrate the amount of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":608.519,"endTime":612.479,"body":"plastic in the environment"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":612.509,"endTime":616.949,"body":"because it's basically going out"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":612.509,"endTime":616.949,"body":"the drain the gentle wash which"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":616.949,"endTime":620.849,"body":"uses more water than just a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":616.949,"endTime":620.849,"body":"regular water Wash can actually"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":620.849,"endTime":625.289,"body":"highly inflate the number of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":620.849,"endTime":625.289,"body":"microplastics that are going out"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":625.289,"endTime":628.919,"body":"your drain. So you can now"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":625.289,"endTime":628.919,"body":"purchase filters for your"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":628.919,"endTime":632.039,"body":"washing machine to capture all"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":628.919,"endTime":632.039,"body":"the microplastics, or a good"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":632.039,"endTime":634.469,"body":"proportion of them. But I think"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":632.039,"endTime":634.469,"body":"they're pretty expensive."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":634.469,"endTime":639.389,"body":"There's something like $250. So"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":634.469,"endTime":639.389,"body":"not a lot of households will"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":639.389,"endTime":642.779,"body":"actually want to do that until"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":639.389,"endTime":642.779,"body":"maybe the price comes down or To"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":642.779,"endTime":646.559,"body":"be honest, until manufacturers"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":642.779,"endTime":646.559,"body":"start integrating these things"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":646.559,"endTime":650.459,"body":"in. So washing synthetic items"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":646.559,"endTime":650.459,"body":"in your washing machine can"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":650.459,"endTime":655.499,"body":"yield up to something like 6"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":650.459,"endTime":655.499,"body":"million microfibers per wash. So"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":655.529,"endTime":659.189,"body":"that's huge, that's huge. And"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":655.529,"endTime":659.189,"body":"another almost another million"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":659.189,"endTime":662.549,"body":"can be added. If you're using"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":659.189,"endTime":662.549,"body":"you know, the gentle cycle,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":662.549,"endTime":665.369,"body":"which uses more water, which is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":662.549,"endTime":665.369,"body":"an issue, I found that very"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":665.369,"endTime":665.969,"body":"interesting."},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":668.909,"endTime":672.419,"body":"It blows my mind"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":668.909,"endTime":672.419,"body":"that just the simple act of"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":672.419,"endTime":675.599,"body":"washing our clothes can"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":672.419,"endTime":675.599,"body":"transport millions of"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":675.599,"endTime":680.009,"body":"microplastics into our"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":675.599,"endTime":680.009,"body":"waterways. Now a lot of these do"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":680.009,"endTime":683.249,"body":"get filtered out through"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":680.009,"endTime":683.249,"body":"wastewater treatment facilities."},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":683.849,"endTime":687.179,"body":"But even that little bit that"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":683.849,"endTime":687.179,"body":"does get out here are gonna be"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":687.179,"endTime":691.409,"body":"around forever. times you're"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":687.179,"endTime":691.409,"body":"lucky mentions these filters"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":691.409,"endTime":694.289,"body":"that you can put into your"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":691.409,"endTime":694.289,"body":"washing machine to stop flushing"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":694.319,"endTime":698.519,"body":"all of these microplastics down"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":694.319,"endTime":698.519,"body":"the drain. Now, I'm so excited"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":698.519,"endTime":701.639,"body":"by this, I had never thought my"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":698.519,"endTime":701.639,"body":"washing machine would be"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":701.639,"endTime":705.689,"body":"creating plastic pollution. So"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":701.639,"endTime":705.689,"body":"if anyone who listens to this"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":705.689,"endTime":709.409,"body":"podcast goes out and purchases"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":705.689,"endTime":709.409,"body":"one of these filters to put in"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":709.409,"endTime":713.189,"body":"your washing machine, please let"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":709.409,"endTime":713.189,"body":"us know. So I'll link some of"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":713.189,"endTime":716.639,"body":"those in the show notes. And if"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":713.189,"endTime":716.639,"body":"you actually get any of them,"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":716.729,"endTime":720.539,"body":"please let us know. We'd love to"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":716.729,"endTime":720.539,"body":"hear about it at the show. So"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":720.539,"endTime":725.069,"body":"you can tag us on Instagram or"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":720.539,"endTime":725.069,"body":"on Facebook, we'd love to know"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":725.099,"endTime":727.979,"body":"and be able to showcase that you"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":725.099,"endTime":727.979,"body":"guys are listening and"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":728.219,"endTime":731.759,"body":"implementing some of these"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":728.219,"endTime":731.759,"body":"things as well. Now, at this"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":731.759,"endTime":734.729,"body":"point, there's lots of"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":731.759,"endTime":734.729,"body":"microplastic that's getting out"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":734.729,"endTime":738.299,"body":"into our environment. It's"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":734.729,"endTime":738.299,"body":"absolutely everywhere. And it"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":738.299,"endTime":742.529,"body":"can come from many different"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":738.299,"endTime":742.529,"body":"sources. But sure, we don't want"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":742.529,"endTime":745.199,"body":"plastic just floating around"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":742.529,"endTime":745.199,"body":"everywhere being a part of"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":745.199,"endTime":750.209,"body":"everything. But I guess, is"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":745.199,"endTime":750.209,"body":"there any negatives to health?"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":750.389,"endTime":753.179,"body":"What are the problems here that"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":750.389,"endTime":753.179,"body":"I'm not thinking about right"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":753.179,"endTime":755.609,"body":"now,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":753.179,"endTime":755.609,"body":"the toxicity or let's just say"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":755.609,"endTime":759.329,"body":"the deleterious effects of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":755.609,"endTime":759.329,"body":"microplastics on these smaller"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":759.329,"endTime":763.319,"body":"organisms is twofold. So the"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":759.329,"endTime":763.319,"body":"first is is that they double as"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":763.319,"endTime":766.409,"body":"a food source with very little"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":763.319,"endTime":766.409,"body":"nutrition. For instance, sperm"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":766.409,"endTime":769.769,"body":"whales and various others filter"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":766.409,"endTime":769.769,"body":"feeders eating a lot of plastic"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":769.799,"endTime":773.579,"body":"shorebird communities almost on"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":769.799,"endTime":773.579,"body":"the verge of collapse, because"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":773.579,"endTime":776.3389999999999,"body":"the young are being fed plastics"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":773.579,"endTime":776.3389999999999,"body":"by the parents. And of course,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":776.3389999999999,"endTime":780.029,"body":"the parents are eating plastics,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":776.3389999999999,"endTime":780.029,"body":"too. So that's the macro level."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":780.059,"endTime":783.539,"body":"So poor nutrition, that's not"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":780.059,"endTime":783.539,"body":"necessarily an issue for most"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":783.539,"endTime":787.829,"body":"humans. It's the microplastics,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":783.539,"endTime":787.829,"body":"which are the issue. So the"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":787.829,"endTime":791.999,"body":"second aspect is the fact that"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":787.829,"endTime":791.999,"body":"toxins can actually stick"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":792.029,"endTime":796.919,"body":"basically adsorb to the outside"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":792.029,"endTime":796.919,"body":"of the plastic and the organism"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":797.159,"endTime":800.219,"body":"will eat these and then of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":797.159,"endTime":800.219,"body":"course, it will bio magnify up"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":800.219,"endTime":804.299,"body":"the food chain. So perhaps algae"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":800.219,"endTime":804.299,"body":"will filter feed some of this"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":804.299,"endTime":807.179,"body":"stuff, and then invertebrates"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":804.299,"endTime":807.179,"body":"will eat those. And then of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":807.179,"endTime":811.499,"body":"course fish and then birds will"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":807.179,"endTime":811.499,"body":"eat those and then so on. And so"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":811.499,"endTime":815.849,"body":"you get bioaccumulation and then"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":811.499,"endTime":815.849,"body":"biomagnification of toxins that"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":815.849,"endTime":818.729,"body":"you would not normally have"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":815.849,"endTime":818.729,"body":"found a conduit through the food"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":818.729,"endTime":823.499,"body":"chain. So that is a particular"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":818.729,"endTime":823.499,"body":"concern. I've heard of the"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":823.499,"endTime":827.279,"body":"stato. David, but some recent"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":823.499,"endTime":827.279,"body":"research came out in Europe and"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":827.279,"endTime":831.389,"body":"Australia and verified at Simon"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":827.279,"endTime":831.389,"body":"Fraser University for Canada,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":831.659,"endTime":836.969,"body":"that humans are consuming about"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":831.659,"endTime":836.969,"body":"five grams are the weight of a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":836.969,"endTime":840.929,"body":"credit card per week in plastic,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":836.969,"endTime":840.929,"body":"eating a better credit card a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":840.929,"endTime":844.229,"body":"week credit card a week, it's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":840.929,"endTime":844.229,"body":"absolutely astonishing. That's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":844.229,"endTime":847.469,"body":"52 credit cards per year. Wow."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":844.229,"endTime":847.469,"body":"Yeah, and of course, these are"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":847.469,"endTime":850.259,"body":"quite small. And they found in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":847.469,"endTime":850.259,"body":"the average bottle of beer,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":850.259,"endTime":853.259,"body":"there may be three or four"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":850.259,"endTime":853.259,"body":"articles. Every time you crack"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":853.259,"endTime":857.309,"body":"the top heavy water bottle,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":853.259,"endTime":857.309,"body":"there are shards that will go in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":857.309,"endTime":861.659,"body":"there that are considered"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":857.309,"endTime":861.659,"body":"microplastics. And in particular"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":861.659,"endTime":865.409,"body":"shellfish have a high"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":861.659,"endTime":865.409,"body":"concentration because they are"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":865.409,"endTime":869.399,"body":"filter feeders, though it really"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":865.409,"endTime":869.399,"body":"depends on what your diet is and"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":869.399,"endTime":871.949,"body":"where you're getting your water"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":869.399,"endTime":871.949,"body":"from. But anyway, it's and of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":871.949,"endTime":876.479,"body":"course it's in our feces. So"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":871.949,"endTime":876.479,"body":"that is actually means of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":876.509,"endTime":880.049,"body":"investigating microplastics is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":876.509,"endTime":880.049,"body":"actually looking at sewage"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":880.079,"endTime":882.539,"body":"outflows and similar to what"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":880.079,"endTime":882.539,"body":"they're doing with COVID as"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":882.539,"endTime":885.599,"body":"well. You can use sewage for all"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":882.539,"endTime":885.599,"body":"kinds of interesting scientific"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":885.929,"endTime":889.979,"body":"things. 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And I think Recent"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":898.139,"endTime":902.3389999999999,"body":"research has shown including a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":902.3389999999999,"endTime":903.449,"body":"newborn babies"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":905.189,"endTime":909.239,"body":"let that soak in"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":905.189,"endTime":909.239,"body":"for a second. Can you imagine"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":909.539,"endTime":913.769,"body":"even just eating a credit card"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":909.539,"endTime":913.769,"body":"alone to think that we are"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":913.799,"endTime":918.329,"body":"eating enough tiny little bits"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":913.799,"endTime":918.329,"body":"of plastic every week to make up"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":918.359,"endTime":925.289,"body":"an entire credit card. That's"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":918.359,"endTime":925.289,"body":"crazy. That's terrifying. And"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":925.289,"endTime":928.739,"body":"I'm sorry for those who love"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":925.289,"endTime":928.739,"body":"shellfish out there, but I might"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":928.739,"endTime":933.149,"body":"be sticking away from those for"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":928.739,"endTime":933.149,"body":"the time being. I think what"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":933.209,"endTime":938.189,"body":"nerves me the most about this"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":933.209,"endTime":938.189,"body":"topic is that we're only looking"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":938.189,"endTime":941.699,"body":"at the microplastics. At this"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":938.189,"endTime":941.699,"body":"point, science hasn't gotten to"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":941.699,"endTime":944.549,"body":"the point where we can even"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":941.699,"endTime":944.549,"body":"start to really, fully"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":944.549,"endTime":948.269,"body":"understand the breadth and reach"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":944.549,"endTime":948.269,"body":"of the impacts that"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":948.269,"endTime":952.049,"body":"microplastics alone have on"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":948.269,"endTime":952.049,"body":"humans, before we even start to"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":952.049,"endTime":955.409,"body":"look at nanoplastics with the"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":952.049,"endTime":955.409,"body":"ability to cross the cellular"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":955.409,"endTime":959.429,"body":"membranes, and that they can be"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":955.409,"endTime":959.429,"body":"found in newborn babies, this is"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":959.429,"endTime":963.269,"body":"a huge problem that we need to"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":959.429,"endTime":963.269,"body":"start to understand right away."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":965.159,"endTime":966.869,"body":"Something"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":965.159,"endTime":966.869,"body":"else I should point out, too, is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":966.869,"endTime":969.869,"body":"there's been plenty of research"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":966.869,"endTime":969.869,"body":"via that are demonstrating the"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":969.869,"endTime":973.019,"body":"significant amounts of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":969.869,"endTime":973.019,"body":"microplastics in the air within"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":973.019,"endTime":976.079,"body":"buildings. So for instance, a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":973.019,"endTime":976.079,"body":"big source of them are"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":976.079,"endTime":979.919,"body":"carpeting. So carpeting is a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":976.079,"endTime":979.919,"body":"huge issue. I mean, because"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":979.919,"endTime":982.619,"body":"those fragments are breaking"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":979.919,"endTime":982.619,"body":"off. And there's, you know, some"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":982.619,"endTime":985.709,"body":"fairly large numbers where"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":982.619,"endTime":985.709,"body":"you're actually breathing it in."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":986.009,"endTime":989.429,"body":"So you're reading it, you're"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":986.009,"endTime":989.429,"body":"drinking it, and you're"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":989.429,"endTime":992.519,"body":"breathing it in, and I don't"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":989.429,"endTime":992.519,"body":"want to scare people per se. I"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":992.519,"endTime":995.159,"body":"mean, you know, that the human"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":992.519,"endTime":995.159,"body":"body and no, we're taking in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":995.159,"endTime":998.189,"body":"toxins all the time, and we can"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":995.159,"endTime":998.189,"body":"handle them, but sort of that"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":998.189,"endTime":1002.449,"body":"new pollutant, because it's so"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":998.189,"endTime":1002.449,"body":"small, and very difficult to to"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1002.449,"endTime":1006.439,"body":"assess, you know, is an issue,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1002.449,"endTime":1006.439,"body":"something to think about. So I"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1006.439,"endTime":1009.619,"body":"would have to say that for"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1006.439,"endTime":1009.619,"body":"several generations, or perhaps"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1009.619,"endTime":1012.949,"body":"hundreds of generations,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1009.619,"endTime":1012.949,"body":"plastics will be here. Even if"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1012.949,"endTime":1017.239,"body":"you stopped producing plastic"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1012.949,"endTime":1017.239,"body":"right now, the amount that is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1017.239,"endTime":1021.709,"body":"out there is so significant"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1017.239,"endTime":1021.709,"body":"that, you know, I hate to be too"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1021.709,"endTime":1025.669,"body":"pessimistic, but it is something"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1021.709,"endTime":1025.669,"body":"that we will have to deal with"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1025.669,"endTime":1030.079,"body":"for the very foreseeable future."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1025.669,"endTime":1030.079,"body":"I don't know if it will ever go"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1030.079,"endTime":1032.539,"body":"away. I mean, it's it's very"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1030.079,"endTime":1032.539,"body":"difficult to sort of think"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1032.539,"endTime":1036.049,"body":"about, I think it's almost a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1032.539,"endTime":1036.049,"body":"geological scale question. You"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1036.049,"endTime":1038.509,"body":"know, it's so ubiquitous, and"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1036.049,"endTime":1038.509,"body":"they can be stored for a long"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1038.509,"endTime":1041.479,"body":"time and sediments and then be"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1038.509,"endTime":1041.479,"body":"reintroduced through other"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1041.479,"endTime":1046.159,"body":"activities. What can we do about"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1041.479,"endTime":1046.159,"body":"this? This is? That's a really"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1046.159,"endTime":1049.999,"body":"good question. I think that for"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1046.159,"endTime":1049.999,"body":"instance, as you mentioned, we"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1049.999,"endTime":1053.8690000000001,"body":"can make some smart consumer"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1049.999,"endTime":1053.8690000000001,"body":"choices to more natural"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1053.8690000000001,"endTime":1056.749,"body":"products, so Cotton's and wools,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1053.8690000000001,"endTime":1056.749,"body":"and things like that, but even"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1056.749,"endTime":1060.019,"body":"those have environmental costs"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1056.749,"endTime":1060.019,"body":"and issues and, and in fact, a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1060.019,"endTime":1062.6290000000001,"body":"lot of the fibers we found in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1060.019,"endTime":1062.6290000000001,"body":"the North Saskatchewan River"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1062.6290000000001,"endTime":1066.439,"body":"were cotton. So you know,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1062.6290000000001,"endTime":1066.439,"body":"remember those candy wrappers in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1066.439,"endTime":1070.5490000000002,"body":"the Marianas Trench? Well, let's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1066.439,"endTime":1070.5490000000002,"body":"make sure that we put ours in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1070.5490000000002,"endTime":1073.909,"body":"the garbage is one thing, try to"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1070.5490000000002,"endTime":1073.909,"body":"manage it as much as possible."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1074.419,"endTime":1076.909,"body":"With respect to your washing"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1074.419,"endTime":1076.909,"body":"machine, perhaps that's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1076.909,"endTime":1081.6190000000001,"body":"something to consider. And of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1076.909,"endTime":1081.6190000000001,"body":"course, single use plastics in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1081.6190000000001,"endTime":1085.189,"body":"the lack of recycling"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1081.6190000000001,"endTime":1085.189,"body":"opportunities for other plastics"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1085.219,"endTime":1087.949,"body":"is a problem. Where will they be"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1085.219,"endTime":1087.949,"body":"100 years from now? Right,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1087.949,"endTime":1090.769,"body":"because those products probably"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1087.949,"endTime":1090.769,"body":"won't last that long. The"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1090.769,"endTime":1094.5790000000002,"body":"ultimate solution really remains"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1090.769,"endTime":1094.5790000000002,"body":"with manufacturers and"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1094.5790000000002,"endTime":1098.929,"body":"government. I think in order to"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1094.5790000000002,"endTime":1098.929,"body":"get a handle on this, there has"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1098.929,"endTime":1102.3190000000002,"body":"to be some kind of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1098.929,"endTime":1102.3190000000002,"body":"responsibility. But here again,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1102.3190000000002,"endTime":1106.189,"body":"because it's such a ubiquitous"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1102.3190000000002,"endTime":1106.189,"body":"and useful material that can be"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1106.189,"endTime":1111.6490000000001,"body":"made into literally anything. It"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1106.189,"endTime":1111.6490000000001,"body":"is just it's rampant. It's it's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1111.6490000000001,"endTime":1115.3690000000001,"body":"everywhere. So it's a it's a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1111.6490000000001,"endTime":1115.3690000000001,"body":"it's a blessing, and it's a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1115.3690000000001,"endTime":1116.5390000000002,"body":"curse, if you will."},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1119.989,"endTime":1125.8690000000001,"body":"I couldn't have"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1119.989,"endTime":1125.8690000000001,"body":"said it better myself. Plastic"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1125.8690000000001,"endTime":1130.0990000000002,"body":"is here to stay. And there are"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1125.8690000000001,"endTime":1130.0990000000002,"body":"many companies that are striving"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1130.0990000000002,"endTime":1134.029,"body":"to make ecological friendly,"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1130.0990000000002,"endTime":1134.029,"body":"single use packaging, or"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1134.029,"endTime":1138.409,"body":"alternatives to plastics in all"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1134.029,"endTime":1138.409,"body":"forms. Look at the new trend"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1138.409,"endTime":1142.3690000000001,"body":"when it comes to beeswax wraps"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1138.409,"endTime":1142.3690000000001,"body":"with bamboo toothbrushes. We're"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1142.3690000000001,"endTime":1146.749,"body":"an ingenious people. And we can"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1142.3690000000001,"endTime":1146.749,"body":"find a solution to this. But we"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1146.749,"endTime":1150.739,"body":"have made our bed with plastic"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1146.749,"endTime":1150.739,"body":"so far. And we will have to"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1150.739,"endTime":1153.8290000000002,"body":"figure out how we're going to"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1150.739,"endTime":1153.8290000000002,"body":"manage it moving forward,"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1153.8590000000002,"endTime":1158.779,"body":"because this problem isn't going"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1153.8590000000002,"endTime":1158.779,"body":"away anytime soon. If you feel"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1158.779,"endTime":1161.3890000000001,"body":"strongly about plastic"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1158.779,"endTime":1161.3890000000001,"body":"pollution, and want to be part"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1161.3890000000001,"endTime":1165.5590000000002,"body":"of the solution, then help"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1161.3890000000001,"endTime":1165.5590000000002,"body":"spread the word. I was surprised"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1165.5590000000002,"endTime":1168.5890000000002,"body":"by how little I actually knew"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1165.5590000000002,"endTime":1168.5890000000002,"body":"about plastic pollution. And I"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1168.5890000000002,"endTime":1171.529,"body":"like to think that I'm a fairly"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1168.5890000000002,"endTime":1171.529,"body":"informed person when it comes to"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1171.529,"endTime":1177.199,"body":"environmental issues. That being"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1171.529,"endTime":1177.199,"body":"said, this topic went far beyond"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1177.199,"endTime":1181.3090000000002,"body":"that for me. So spread the word,"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1177.199,"endTime":1181.3090000000002,"body":"tell someone you know about this"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1181.3090000000002,"endTime":1185.029,"body":"problem. As Dr. Locky mentioned,"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1181.3090000000002,"endTime":1185.029,"body":"we need to have a greater"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1185.029,"endTime":1188.959,"body":"conversation about this as a"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1185.029,"endTime":1188.959,"body":"population and take it up into a"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1188.959,"endTime":1194.0890000000002,"body":"political level. Because this is"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1188.959,"endTime":1194.0890000000002,"body":"a huge, huge issue. And it needs"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1194.0890000000002,"endTime":1198.409,"body":"to be taken seriously. Just"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1194.0890000000002,"endTime":1198.409,"body":"because we can't see them."},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1198.469,"endTime":1201.8290000000002,"body":"microplastics are still there,"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1198.469,"endTime":1201.8290000000002,"body":"and they're still affecting"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1202.219,"endTime":1207.1390000000001,"body":"everyone every day. So rather"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1202.219,"endTime":1207.1390000000001,"body":"than just leaving this on this"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1207.5890000000002,"endTime":1211.1290000000001,"body":"sour note, let's say there are"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1207.5890000000002,"endTime":1211.1290000000001,"body":"some people who are attempting"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1211.1290000000001,"endTime":1214.8190000000002,"body":"to make some big solutions for"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1211.1290000000001,"endTime":1214.8190000000002,"body":"this problem, or how to manage"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1214.8190000000002,"endTime":1218.509,"body":"it at least. So let's finish"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1214.8190000000002,"endTime":1218.509,"body":"with that. What are some of the"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1218.509,"endTime":1222.2890000000002,"body":"ways that we can start to Clean"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1218.509,"endTime":1222.2890000000002,"body":"this problem up, or maybe make"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1222.2890000000002,"endTime":1224.1190000000001,"body":"sure that it doesn't get any"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1222.2890000000002,"endTime":1224.1190000000001,"body":"worse."},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1224.39,"endTime":1225.8300000000002,"body":"You"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1224.39,"endTime":1225.8300000000002,"body":"may have heard that there was a"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1225.95,"endTime":1229.2800000000002,"body":"high school student who recently"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1225.95,"endTime":1229.2800000000002,"body":"came up with this very unique"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1229.4,"endTime":1233.8100000000002,"body":"method of using oil and feral"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1229.4,"endTime":1233.8100000000002,"body":"fluids that would basically"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1233.8100000000002,"endTime":1237.89,"body":"attract microplastics, kind of"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1233.8100000000002,"endTime":1237.89,"body":"like a magnet. But here again,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1237.92,"endTime":1241.25,"body":"at the wide scale that's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1237.92,"endTime":1241.25,"body":"difficult other research now is"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1241.25,"endTime":1245.24,"body":"unique using these things called"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1241.25,"endTime":1245.24,"body":"nano coils, which are tiny"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1245.24,"endTime":1249.0500000000002,"body":"reactors, and they can actually"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1245.24,"endTime":1249.0500000000002,"body":"trigger microplastic breakdown"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1249.0800000000002,"endTime":1252.44,"body":"at an accelerated rate, at least"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1249.0800000000002,"endTime":1252.44,"body":"at the laboratory level. You"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1252.44,"endTime":1255.6200000000001,"body":"know, there's also some"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1252.44,"endTime":1255.6200000000001,"body":"municipalities are putting in"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1255.6200000000001,"endTime":1259.2800000000002,"body":"these nets on stormwater"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1255.6200000000001,"endTime":1259.2800000000002,"body":"outflows and cities in order to"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1259.2800000000002,"endTime":1263.5100000000002,"body":"collect the larger particles,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1259.2800000000002,"endTime":1263.5100000000002,"body":"wrappers, cups bottles, and then"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1263.5100000000002,"endTime":1267.0200000000002,"body":"they can manage it that way. So"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1263.5100000000002,"endTime":1267.0200000000002,"body":"slowly, but surely, there's"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1267.0200000000002,"endTime":1270.8300000000002,"body":"promise of of this being"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1267.0200000000002,"endTime":1270.8300000000002,"body":"addressed. But to what degree"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1270.8600000000001,"endTime":1273.95,"body":"you know, it will take some time"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1270.8600000000001,"endTime":1273.95,"body":"and organization and you know,"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1273.98,"endTime":1277.5200000000002,"body":"and will from the government, I"},{"speaker":"Dr. David Locky, MacEwan University","startTime":1273.98,"endTime":1277.5200000000002,"body":"think to to help us with this."},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1284.5700000000002,"endTime":1287.75,"body":"Thanks so much for"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1284.5700000000002,"endTime":1287.75,"body":"tuning into today's episode all"},{"speaker":"David Evans","startTime":1287.75,"endTime":1291.0800000000002,"body":"about microplastics. 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