Tag: microplastics
The global seafood supply is being contaminated by microplastics, but major...
Our addiction to plastic is having negative effects all along the food chain.
Microplastics could harm humans by acting as toxin ‘magnet,’ study finds
The research comes on the heels of other recent studies showing microplastics having a negative impact on human cells.
Tiny plastic particles accumulating in river headwaters: Study
The study found that in slow-flowing stream headwaters—often located in remote, biodiverse regions—microplastics accumulated quicker and stayed longer than in faster flowing stretches of river.
Microplastics from Africa and North America found 9,439 feet above sea...
How did these tiny pieces of plastic managed to make such a journey?
Eating microplastics could cause inflammatory bowel disease, study finds
“This study provides evidence that we are indeed ingesting microplastics.”
Community scientists have new EPA guidelines for sampling microplastic pollution. How...
The protocol acknowledges that because "microplastics smaller than [one millimeter] in size (such as microbeads) are more difficult to find... more sophisticated technology is required to conclusively identify them."
Microplastics are in the air we breathe and in Earth’s atmosphere,...
We highlight just how widespread microplastic pollution is and the potential it has to influence climate on a global scale.
Babies poop has ten times more microplastics than in adults, study...
“Unfortunately, with the modern lifestyle, babies are exposed to so many different things for which we don't know what kind of effect they can have later in their life.”
Marine microplastics are now invading the atmosphere, study finds
But there is something else lurking in the air we depend upon: tiny pieces of plastic.
UK retailers ban glitter from store brand products this holiday season
As the movement against glitter brings awareness about microplastics, Morrisons, Waitrose and John Lewis' store brand holiday products will be glitter-free for 2020.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."