Microplastics Found Lurking Inside Coral Skeletons
Microplastics have made their way into nearly every environment on Earth and have been detected inside thousands of animals ...
Microplastics Seem to Be in Every Kind of Animal… Except One
But one tiny organism, notorious for its ability to return to life after a trip to space, being frozen or boiled, asphyxiated ...
Microplastics: Meant to last, just not forever and not in our bodies
Megan Hill is an assistant professor of chemistry and leader of the Hill Lab in Colorado State University's College of ...
Microplastics found in nose tissue at base of brain, study says
Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.
What scientists have learned from 20 years of microplastics research
Twenty years ago, a team of U.K. scientists sounded the alarm on a then-underappreciated problem: the breakdown of plastic ...
7,000 Microplastics Studies Reveal the Massive Scope of the Problem
It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...
Microplastics Everywhere: Experts Demand Worldwide Treaty Before It’s Too Late
A new report calls for global action on plastic pollution, urging reductions in plastic production and microplastic emissions ...
The Cost of Avoiding Microplastics
As it stands, though, individuals are left to mediate their own relationship to plastic, in a world where plastic is the ...
Microplastics -- billions of pellets of pure plastic -- are washing up on Texas shores
They often spill during transport on trains or ships, and high winds and ocean currents spread the problem far and fast.
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Microplastics: The Invisible Menace in Our Environment
Microplastics, identified 20 years ago, are pervasive particles found in the environment, wildlife, and human body. Despite ...