Editorial: El País

• The Xunta of Galicia took three weeks to activate level 2 marine pollution alert after a tide of plastic pellets.
• This alert status would allow the central government to provide resources for cleaning.
• The handling of the crisis by the Galician Government is questioned as being motivated by political interests.
• Microplastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems, and these pellets come from the merchant ship Tocanao.
• There is a civil society that responds to these crises and a need to focus on the environmental solution, not the political one.

Conclusion: The management of the pollution crisis in Galicia shows the importance of quick responses focused on public interest instead of political interests. Additionally, the crisis underlines the urgent need to revise EU regulations on the handling and transportation of microplastics.

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