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That\u2019s why on April 10 PIRG, Environment America and Earth Day Network advocates from across the country came to Washington, D.C. to advocate for the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, a bill by Sen. Durbin and Reps. Levin and Peltola that would require the EPA to ban the discharge of pre-production plastic pellets into our waterways.\u00a0<\/span>","":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_grid","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image_grid":{"images":[{"image":52222,"caption_override":""},{"image":52219,"caption_override":""}]}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_large_image","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_large_image":{"width":"wide","image":52220,"caption_override":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We held 75 meetings with Senate and House offices of both parties. Armed with jars of nurdles, our advocates told lawmakers that 10 trillion plastic pellets enter our oceans each year, posing a threat to both people and wildlife. Birds, fish and turtles can eat the pellets, which look like fish eggs, and if they eat enough plastic they can starve. The pellets also absorb toxins that can harm our health as they move up the food chain.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two members of Congress co-sponsored the legislation right after meeting with our advocates: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania (a Republican) and Rep. Jennifer McClellan of Virginia (a Democrat). Many more told us the bill was common sense and that they\u2019d heard from <a href=\"https:\/\/environmentamerica.org\/updates\/clean-water-groups-urge-congress-to-tackle-microplastics\/\">clean water organizations<\/a> and constituents concerned about microplastic pollution. Reps. McCollum (MN), Evans and Lee (PA), Schneider (IL) and Lieu (CA) all joined the bill shortly after our lobby day.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can help us keep up the momentum by t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elling your representative to support the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act.<\/span>","":null}}],"featured_content":[5529]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lobby day secures bipartisan support for the Plastic Pellet Free Water Act<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We spoke up in Washington, D.C. for microplastic free waters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirg.org\/georgia\/updates\/lobby-day-secures-bipartisan-support-for-the-plastic-pellet-free-water-act\/\" 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