Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming ...
WEB4 hours ago · The news gets worse. By 2040, microplastic releases to the environment could more than double . Even if humans stopped the flow of microplastics into the environment, the breakdown of bigger ...
Microplastics can get into brain tissue, study shows - NBC News
WEB6 days ago · Matthew Campen, a toxicologist at the University of New Mexico who has studied microplastics in the brain, said the presence of microplastics in the olfactory bulb “is unique but not terribly ...
Microplastics Are a Big Problem, a New Film Warns - The New York Times
WEBMar 9, 2024 · Microplastics Are a Big Problem, a New Film Warns. At SXSW, a documentary traces the arc of plastics in our lives, and highlights evolving research of the potential harm of its presence in our ...
A new study has linked microplastics to heart attacks ... - Science News
WEBApr 2, 2024 · A new study has linked microplastics to heart attacks and strokes. Here’s what we know. The results have renewed concerns about plastics’ potential effects on human health. When plastics break...
Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems
WEBMar 6, 2024 · Plastic planet. Scientists have found microplastics just about everywhere they’ve looked: in oceans; in shellfish; in breast milk; in drinking water; wafting in the air; and falling with rain....
NCEI's Updated and Expanded Groundbreaking Microplastics …
WEBJul 2, 2021 · NCEI has updated and expanded the first-of-its-kind global microplastics database. This database collates microplastic data from across the globe, giving scientists and researchers a better understanding of microplastic’s impacts on human and marine health and the economy.
Twenty years of microplastics pollution research—what have
WEB3 days ago · Microplastic pollution is the consequence of human decisions and actions ... (149, 150); while Europeans and Australians regarded plastic pollution as the biggest marine related threat to human health, followed by chemical/oil ... Subscribe to ScienceAdviser to get the latest news, commentary, and research, free to …
Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? - Nature
WEBMay 4, 2021 · Scientists have since seen microplastics everywhere they have looked: in deep oceans; in Arctic snow and Antarctic ice; in shellfish, table salt, drinking water and beer; and drifting in the air...
'Everywhere we looked, we found evidence': Microplastics expert …
WEBMay 6, 2024 · In collaboration with a polymer chemist, we confirmed the tiny fragments were common plastic polymers—polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC)— that presumably formed via mechanical...
Microplastics are everywhere — we need to understand how they …
WEBApr 19, 2024 · In the case of microplastics, from October 2023, the European Union has restricted the intentional addition of microplastics to products and has set a target to reduce microplastics pollution by...