(Al Jazeera 6/19/2023) Every year, about 400 million tonnes of plastic products are produced around the world. About half are used to make single-use items such as shopping bags, cups and packaging material. Of these plastics, an estimated 8 million to 10 million tonnes end up in the ocean each year. If flattened to the […]
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(Natural History Museum 3/3/2023) Plastic is everywhere, and has become so common that it is impacting the health of animals and people. New research now shows that seabirds are suffering from a plastic-induced illness named ‘plasticosis’. A new disease has been described in seabirds, but it might just be the tip of the iceberg. Rather
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(KVUE 5/23/2023) A new discovery by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin could be a game-changer for recycling plastic. Scientists call it a plastic-eating enzyme. A new discovery by University of Texas at Austin researchers could be a game-changer when it comes to recycling plastics. The “plastic-eating enzyme” can break down a certain
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(KCRA3 2/8/2023) Plastic pollution and climate change related to fossil fuel emissions are two of humanity’s biggest global challenges. And while the two are not interchangeable, scientists agree that they are connected. This KCRA3 web page has 3 different videos exploring plastic waste.
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(BBC.com 1/3/2023) Plastic pollution is one of the defining legacies of our modern way of life, but it is now so widespread it is even finding its way into fruit and vegetables as they grow. In 2022, analysis by the Environmental Working Group, an environmental non-profit, found that sewage sludge has contaminated almost 20 million
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Mechanism for breaching the blood-brain barrier described for the first time (Medical University Vienna 4/21/2023) Among the biggest environmental problems of our time, micro- and nanoplastic particles (MNPs) can enter the body in various ways, including through food. And now for the first time, research conducted at MedUni Vienna has shown how these minute particles
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(IFL Science April 28,2023) A new trial has shown that inhalation of plastic at moderate levels could impact sex hormones, with exposure to micro- and nanoparticles (MNPs) of nylon having a significant disruptive effect in female rats. The study indicates that it is not necessarily newer additives that could be disrupting hormone levels, but in
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This fantastic database is a repository for microplastics toxicity data for the California Microplastics Health Effects Workshop. The web application allows users to explore toxicity data using an intuitive interface while retaining the diversity and complexity inherent to microplastics. Data is extracted from existing, peer-reviewed manuscripts containing toxicity data pertaining to microplastics. A full length
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How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies Review from 5Gyres 11/18/2022 In A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies, science journalist Matt Simon reveals the shocking extent of microplastic pollution and its far-reaching consequences for human and animal health. Speaking with scientists on the frontlines of the microplastic
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