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    label="THE SCALE\n1950 to now"
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    a [label="1950: 2 million tons of plastic produced per year" fillcolor="#FFCDD2" color="#F44336" fontcolor="#B71C1C"]
    b [label="1970: 35 million tons · Great Pacific Garbage Patch begins forming" fillcolor="#FFCDD2" color="#F44336" fontcolor="#B71C1C"]
    c [label="1990: 120 million tons · recycling symbol added to deceive consumers" fillcolor="#EF9A9A" color="#F44336" fontcolor="#B71C1C"]
    d [label="2000: 213 million tons · microplastics found in human blood" fillcolor="#EF9A9A" color="#F44336" fontcolor="#B71C1C"]
    e [label="2010: 334 million tons · ocean plastic outweighs all fish by 2050 trajectory" fillcolor="#E57373" color="#D32F2F" fontcolor="#B71C1C"]
    f [label="2020: 400+ million tons · plastic found in placentas, lungs, brains" fillcolor="#EF5350" color="#C62828" fontcolor="white"]
    g [label="2024: 450+ million tons · less than 6% ever recycled · the rest is forever" fillcolor="#F44336" color="#B71C1C" fontcolor="white"]

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