How microplastics could be affecting our food supply
Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a ...
Microplastics are everywhere. Here are 5 ways to reduce your exposure
From your clothing to the water you drink, being mindful of microplastics can help reduce your exposure and health risk.
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RFK Jr Is Running Away From the One Thing He’s Ever Been Right About
Microplastics really are a public health emergency. But instead of talking about his signature issue, he's babbling about ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN20h
Microplastics Are Making Photosynthesis Harder for Plants—and That Could Slash Crop Yields, Study Suggests
On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the ...
The Invisible Threat: How Microplastics Are Poisoning Our Health And What We Can Do About It
Plastics revolutionized medicine. But what we once saw as miraculous has now become a silent threat—one we can no longer ...
Research shows microplastics are widespread. Here’s how to reduce your exposure
Research has shown that microplastics can absorb and accumulate toxic chemicals, including persistent organic pollutants ...
Prevalence of microplastics in soil increased 15 times in four years – study
Researchers looked at samples from a field in Hartwood, North Lanarkshire, included in a UK-wide sewage sludge experiment ...
Tons of microplastics infiltrate Australia's agricultural soils each year, study shows
Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tons of microplastics, our research has revealed. These ...
Microplastics on the brain?
Plastic pollution has been highlighted as an environmental issue for several years. But experts are now researching whether it poses a potential danger to our health. Microplastics specifically are ...
Revenge of the nurdles: Oodles of tiny plastic ‘toxic bombs’ wash into bay
Every year, an estimated 2.5 billion nurdles – lentil-sized plastic resin pellets – enter Port Phillip Bay through stormwater ...
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Can we stop the planet from being swamped by plastic?
Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...