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Roseville Public Works, Environment and <br />Transportation Commission <br />Agenda Item <br />Date: January 25, 2022 <br />Item Description: Microplastics <br />Background: <br />Item No: 7 <br />Since the 1970s, scientists have known about the presence of tiny bits of plastic microplastics <br />churning in the oceans and being ingested by birds and sea life. Recently, new research has <br />shown the particles are also in the Great Lakes, which thousands of communities rely on for <br />fresh drinking water and other uses. <br />Mary Kosuth, a microplastics researcher and 2017 graduate of the School of Public Health, has <br />been studying the potential threat of microplastics in the water and other products. She will <br />provide a presentation to the Commission detailing some of her findings and providing some <br />recommendations on what we can do as consumers and users to address this issue. <br />Recommended Action: <br />Receive a presentation from Mary Kosuth from the University of Minnesota School of Public <br />Health on microplastics. <br />Attachments: <br />A: None <br />