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Microplastics, or tiny fragments of plastics that haven’t completely broken down, are basically everywhere.They can be found in rubbish, dust, fabrics, cosmetics, cleaning products...
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Microplastics, or tiny fragments of plastics that haven’t completely broken down, are basically everywhere.They can be found in rubbish, dust, fabrics, cosmetics, cleaning products...
No matter where you live, there’s a good chance that plastic pellets (aka "nurdles") pollute waterways nearby.
Microplastics are everywhere, visible as small specks in water samples, tissue biopsies, and post-mortem examinations.Continue ReadingCategory: Imagin...
In recent years, the pervasive contamination of ecosystems by microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) has emerged as a critical environmental issue. These tiny plastic particles...
Decades of plastic merchandise disintegrating in our environment have left our planet – and much of our bodies – coated in a fine dust of synthetic polymers.Continue ReadingCategor...
Plastic pollution is among the gravest environmental crises facing humanity. Plastic production since 1950 has exceeded 8,300 million metric tons, with most plastic waste ending up...
Not a day seems to go by when we don’t hear about the risks of microplastics in the environment. What exactly have we learned about this subject? To provide answers, I spoke with J...
Microplastics: Unseen Threats to Liver Health Revealed Through Cutting-Edge Spatial Transcriptomics In recent years, microplastics have emerged as pervasive environmental contamina...
Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even...
When pollen meets plastic
When pollen meets plastic
[By Ingebjørg Hestvik]“We study how plastic affects what we call ecosystem services, that is, the services we receive from ecosystems. When the ocean...
In a groundbreaking study, scientists have identified nanoplastics in the pristine soils of Antarctica for the very first time. These microscopic plastic particles journey through...
Story at-a-glance Plastics have been around since the last century and have quickly become a part of our life in countless ways. From the cellphone you hold all the way to the inte...
Many of us think of plastic as a simple, single material. It is not. It is made from more than 16,000 chemicals, including 4,200 known to harm human health. Babies are uniquely vul...
Story at-a-glance You’re absorbing plastic through the air, food and water daily. These microscopic plastic particles are being detected inside living tissue — lodged deep within o...
An edible biohybrid makes swallowed nanoplastics clump inside the gut, reducing intestinal penetration and helping the body expel them in feces.
The particles can trigger exacerbate inflammation associated with responses to common allergens
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Kitchen sponges release microplastics as they wear down during everyday use, with some sponge types shedding far more than others. Researchers estimated that millions of households...
Микропластик нашли уже и в помёте диких ежей. Учёные проследили, как он попадает к животным в обычных садах. Это открытие заставляет иначе взглянуть на привычную еду для всех домаш...
Nanoplastic particles can build up in neurons and trigger subtle changes, suggesting size may shape brain health risks from plastic exposure.
Microplastics have been found inside women's ovaries, and they may be hijacking your hormones. Here's what the science says and what you can do about it.
Global study finds wrappers, bottles and lids on shorelines of 93% of countries analysed as UN talks to tackle issue stallPlastic food wrappers, bottles, lids and caps are by far t...
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