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A new report details the burdens that plastic pollution places on US cities and states.
It argues that plastic producers may be breaking public-nuisance, product-liability and consumer-protection laws.
It comes as cities like Baltimore have begun to file claims against plastic manufacturers.
Taxpayers foot the bill to clean plastic pollution from streets and waterways.
The petrochemical trade group the American Chemistry Council has run $ 10 m worth of seemingly local ads in US states in recent years encouraging people to oppose anti-plastic measures.
Plastic has clogged sewer grates, led to increased flooding, and exposed populations to microplastics, which studies show are pervasive and which researchers believe to be harmful.
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