Plastics in the French media a small sample

Two main topics recur in recent media treatment of the environmental and health effects of plastics, especially the environmental effects of plastic waste (particularly to the oceans) and the effects on public health of toxic substances contained within plastics. 

For an analysis of the written press, the results presented in section 1.2 are from a search using the LexisNexis database, which is one of the largest collections of French and international print media, with is updated as soon as the newspapers are published and provides almost exhaustive access to national and regional somces in France. 

For televisual news, the results are from a non-systematic analysis of two documentaries, namely Addicted to plastic and Plastics a toxic warning . 

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