Viewpoint: In defense of plastics (and a rebuttal of ideology-infused misinterpretations of risk science) David Zaruk | March 20, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/03/20/viewpoint-in-defense-of-plastics-and-a-rebuttal-of-ideology-infused-misinterpretations-of-risk-science/ Close observers will note that journalists in the legacy press have a perplexing habit of engaging in outright activism for their pet ideological causes while insisting they’re merely reporting the facts to their readers. You would expect, for example, a college volunteer for Greenpeace to declare that “We need a total revamp of how products are priced to account for their impacts on the environment,” but certainly not an investigative journalist for one of America’s largest newspapers. Likewise, someone who advocates for “regulatory measures that mandate companies to make design changes to products known to leach microplastics” is not engaged in reporting by any sensible definition.