The Hazards of Plastic Waste

In a recent piece in Nature, a group of scientists called for reclassifying plastic as a hazardous waste. This would give environmental agencies more tools and funding to clean up plastic in ecosystems around the world. One of the authors, Chelsea Rochman, an marine ecologist at the University of California at Davis, tells host Steve Curwood about the dangerous pollutants inside many plastic products. (published March 8, 2013)