{"644635":{"#nid":"644635","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Metro scientist fears PPE is \u2018nail in the coffin\u2019 for plastic pollution","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThat \u0026quot;metro scientist\u0026quot; is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;ADVANCE Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, who worries that facemasks, gloves, and other plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) carelessly tossed away will end up clogging an ecosystem already reeling from global plastic pollution.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-02-24 18:39:08","changed_gmt":"2021-02-24 18:39:08","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Itamar Kimchi","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/metro-scientist-fears-ppe-is-nail-coffin-plastic-pollution\/IK2CR2OYZRH7ZHRVXTEGCHF5WU\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"184298","name":"PPE"},{"id":"187104","name":"plastic pollution"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}