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Credit: 5Gyres, courtesy of Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0. In recent news, I learned that microplastics are everywhere. They're in our parks, oceans, the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/environment/@digitalfirehose/microplastics-and-the-case-for-universal-health-care</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/environment/@digitalfirehose/microplastics-and-the-case-for-universal-health-care</guid><category><![CDATA[environment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[digitalfirehose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:59:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnFeUwMuY7yE1u4tn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Process of Public Policy Pormulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Steemians..!!! Public policy is a complex process because it involves many processes and variables that must be studied by policy-making actors. 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