So, I have a confession to make. I've long been part of the plastic pollution problem. In [clears throat] some ways, I still am.And for a long time, I've been an unwitting contributor. We've been taught in medical school that much of the plastic equipment we use was essential. And indeed, much of it probably is still.We intubate babies with breathing tubes made of plastic. We feed adults who are malnourished or having difficulties after a surgical procedure with gastric tubing made of plastic. We filter out ...