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- Microplastics: A looming threat to our well-being
The pervasive presence of microplastics in our environment has become an issue of global concern, prompting urgent action from scientists, policymakers, and individuals alike. These tiny plastic ...
- There's a Surprisingly Simple Way to Remove Microplastics From Your Drinking Water
Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink. Scientists have now found a simple and effective means ...
- Clarkson: Microplastics are a major problem
Scientists also found that microplastics can leach out into the body and harm hormone and reproductive systems, lower sperm count and impair learning and memory. So now that we know that microplastics ...
- These everyday foods are high in microplastics, but are they harmful?
But which foods have the most microplastics? From Himalayan pink to traditional black, salts can be packed with plastics — so can sugar. Tea bags can release plastic into brews, around 11.6 billion ...
- Toxic chemicals from microplastics can be absorbed by the skin, study finds
A new study used 3D human skin-equivalent models to examine how flame retardant additives in microplastics are absorbed by the skin. The findings show that several flame-retardant additives passed ...
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Plastic microfibers
- 86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic, a 20-year study shows. And the plastic is ‘just getting smaller and smaller.’
Plastic pollution threatens the health of humans and wildlife, and the well-being of the region’s aquatic habitats and green spaces.
- Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts
To stop plastic reaching the ocean, a start-up in Ecuador is using a conveyor belt to skim off and remove plastic from rivers – and working to stop polluters adding plastic to rivers in the ...
- Watch these hungry waxworms eat through plastic and digest it too
Bertocchini, an amateur beekeeper, threw some of the waxworms in a plastic bag after cleaning her hive, and left them alone. A short time later, she noticed the worms had started producing small ...
- Federal and State Efforts to Address Synthetic Microfiber Pollution from Textiles
One significant pathway by which synthetic microfibers enter the environment is the washing of textiles made from plastic-like materials like polyester. When textiles are washed, detached microfibers ...
- A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters
Every year, companies produce more than 400 million metric tons of plastic. Some of that plastic spills onto waterways or beaches, clogging streams or floating in huge gyres in the ocean.
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