Sunday, May 4, 2025

Tag: microplastic

Microplastics found in birds’ lungs in new study

The researchers focused on analyzing potential microplastics in birds, as bird health can provide insights and warnings about potential impacts on the surrounding environment.

Microplastics in human placentas linked to premature births

Researchers analyzed 175 placentas collected at both term and preterm, or under 37 weeks of pregnancy, and measured the amounts of 12 different microplastics and nanoplastics.

Microplastics contaminate popular seafood, study shows

1,806 anthropogenic particles were found in 180 of 182 individuals with fibers being most abundant, followed by films and fragments.

Microplastics in dolphin breath raises concerns in new study

The study found a total of 54 unique particles across all of the exhalation samples when the animals came up for air.

The impact of plastic on human health

We know that plastic is choking the planet. But it could be killing us, too.

Scientists launch groundbreaking study on health risks of microplastics in seafood

Studies have already found that sea salt can be rich in plastic and that we likely consume the tiny bits that get embedded in many types of seafood.

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Friends, patriots, countrymen, where are your ears?

See no evil, hear no evil, admit no evil—the close-minded cult of suckered MAGA monkeys.

Trump is rubbing our faces in fascism. But the people are rising up

As the American public continues to publicly stand up to the administration, will Trump’s grip on power will eventually slip?

‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund NPR and PBS

Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.

‘Grotesque spectacle’: CEO pay skyrockets 50% as worker wages stagnate

Oxfam analysis reveals global CEOs now earn 56 times more than average workers as corporate profits surge and economic inequality deepens on International Workers’ Day.

ICE is the American Gestapo, kidnapping and trafficking people

Why aren’t we arresting ICE agents when they break the law?