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'Plastics Crisis' Costs $1.5T Annually, Study Says: 'World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out' 'Plastics Crisis' Costs $1.5T Annually, Study Says: 'World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out'
'Plastics Crisis' Costs $1.5T Annually, Study Says: 'World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out' Researchers are warning about a "global plastics crisis" that's costing about $1.5 trillion a year in deaths and medical issues. The estimate comes from a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Sunday, Aug. 3. Plastic production is projected to triple by 2060, and less than 10% is ever recycled. Plastics are made from fossil fuels and contain more than 16,000 chemicals. Around 8,000 megatons are polluting Earth's environment, including the most remote places on the planet. Chemicals and microplastics have been found in the brains and other body parts of humans, along with lan…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Virginia Man Threatens To 'Kill Everybody' Over Honey Packet Dispute: Sheriff Virginia Man Threatens To 'Kill Everybody' Over Honey Packet Dispute: Sheriff
Virginia Man Threatens To 'Kill Everybody' Over Honey Packet Dispute: Sheriff A man threatened to kill everyone inside a Virginia business — all over a honey packet. Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office were called to the Shell station on Warrenton Road just after 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 13, for a reported brandishing incident, according to a the agency on Tuesday, July 15. When deputies arrived, witnesses told them a man had pulled a gun and made threats, claims which were confirmed by surveillance video, deputies said. According to investigators, the man entered the store and put a honey packet in his pocket, then got into an argument with the store c…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
'Definitely On Something:' Tipster Leads Deputies To Unruly Suspect At Stafford Wawa: Sheriff 'Definitely On Something:' Tipster Leads Deputies To Unruly Suspect At Stafford Wawa: Sheriff
'Definitely On Something:' Tipster Leads Deputies To Unruly Suspect At Stafford Wawa: Sheriff A man known to members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office is back behind bars after picking a fight with a woman, pole, and one of the agency's deputies, officials say. Ryheem Perrin, 29, was "definitely on something," according to a witness, who tracked him from one business to another after he threatened a woman before being apprehended late on Wednesday afternoon following an incident at Wawa on South Gateway Drive in Fredericksburg. According to a spokesperson from the sheriff's office, the call came in shortly before 6:30 p.m.on July 10, when the tipster advised that there was a d…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says
Shell To Close 1,000 Gas Stations: Here's Why, Company Says One of the nation's major oil companies says it will close 1,000 gas stations. Shell made the announcement in its 2024 Energy Transition Strategy report, saying the measure is “in response to customer needs” and aimed at reallocating those resources towards EV charging stations. Shell said it will close 500 stations in 2024 and the other 500 in 2025. "We believe growth in oil demand is set to slow in the second half of this decade and could start falling in the 2030s because of increasing vehicle efficiency and growth in electric vehicles," the company stated in the report. "Toda…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Gas Station Worker Killed While Pursuing American Dream Buried In Fairfax County Gas Station Worker Killed While Pursuing American Dream Buried In Fairfax County
Gas Station Worker Killed While Pursuing American Dream Buried In Fairfax County A New Jersey gas station attendant who died months after being brutally beaten while at work will be buried in Fairfax County, VA. Fardin Ghadami Darounkolaee was attacked in August 2022 by 26-year-old Nixon Marquez at the Shell station on Marin Boulevard and 14th Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez previously said. Marquez, initially charged with assault and and weapons offenses, was slapped with a first-degree murder charge after Fardin died at a hospital in Washington DC on Saturday, May 13, Suarez said. Fardin. a dad of two, was born in Qaemshahr, Iran. He immigrated from I…

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by Cecilia Levine