Look around you: at this very moment, chances are that within a one-foot radius of your body, theres something plastic. The ubiquity of plastic comes with a steep cost, however.

This week on Sea Change Radio, the first half of our two-part discussion with Matt Simon, a Wired staff writer and author of A Poison Like No Other:

How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.

In this episode, we learn about the history of plastic manufacturing, look at some unexpected ways that were exposed to microplastics, and examine how plastic recycling falls well-short of its promise.