Resources

For further reading, here are the sources I used!

"Alarming Level of Microplastics Found in a Major U.S. River." Herbert W. Hoover Foundation, 12 Oct. 2018, www.hwhfoundation.org/news/alarming-level-of-microplastics-found-in-a-major-u-s-river/. Accessed 15 Jan. 2024.

Alia, Adel Bou. "Tennessee River." World Atlas, 10 Oct. 2021, www.worldatlas.com/rivers/tennessee-river.html. Accessed 6 Oct. 2023.

"Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)." United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2 Mar. 2023, www.epa.gov/hw/household-hazardous-waste-hhw. Accessed 15 Jan. 2024.

"New Study Reveals Staggering Levels of Microplastic Pollution in Tennessee River." PR Newswire, 11 Oct. 2018. Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A557708303/PPES?u=tel_k_baylor&sid=bookmark-PPES&xid=f5502019. Accessed 13 Jan. 2024.

"A Plastic Pandemic German Scientist's Analysis Finds Staggering Levels of Microplastic Pollution in Tennessee River." Tennessee Aquarium, 10 Oct. 2018, tnaqua.org/newsroom/a-plastic-pandemic-german-scientists-analysis-finds-staggering-levels-of-microplastic-pollution-in-tennessee-river/. Accessed 13 Jan. 2024.

Rogers, Kara. "microplastics". Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Feb. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/technology/microplastic. Accessed 26 February 2024.

Shaham, Adam. "Sustainable Solutions for Pollution in the Tennessee River." Edited by Aastha Dewan. Earth5R, 8 July 2020, earth5r.org/sustainable-solutions-pollution-tennessee-river/. Accessed 6 Oct. 2023.

"Species." Tennessee Riverkeeper, 2010, www.tennesseeriver.org/species.html. Accessed 6 Oct. 2023.

"The Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers." Tennessee Riverkeeper, www.tennesseeriverkeeper.org/the-river/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2024.

Toplovich, Ann. "Tennessee River System." Tennessee Encyclopedia, Tennessee Historical Society, 1 Mar. 2018, tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/tennessee-river-system/. Accessed 6 Oct. 2023.

Ward, Kellie. "What You CAN'T See in the Tennessee River." What You CAN'T See in the Tennessee River, 19 Nov. 2021, storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0ae7ea467f5e4701a2968c11d94eb688. Accessed 6 Oct. 2023.

"What's in the water? Tennessee's water pollution problems are becoming more widespread." News Channel 5 Nashville, Scripps Local Media, 21 Dec. 2020, https://www.newschannel5.com/news/whats-in-the-water-tennessees-water-pollution-problems-are-becoming-more-widespread#:~:text=In%202010%2C%20Tennessee%20researchers%20said%2032.4%25%20of%20the,were%20too%20polluted%20to%20support%20their%20basic%20functions.