Among 152 coastal counties studied, those with very high levels of marine microplastics showed higher rates of diabetes, ...

So how much microplastic do we consume, really? In some ways, this news should come as no surprise. Researchers estimate that we consume somewhere between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles ...

When West Virginia University biology undergraduate student Isabella Tuzzio tested fish from central Appalachian streams, her ...

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When comparing counties with very high versus very low microplastic pollution nearby, researchers found that residents in the most polluted areas had an 18% higher rate of Type 2 diabetes, a 7% higher ...

Switching from bottled water to filtered tap water alone could cut microplastic intake from 90,000 particles a year to about 4,000, researchers say. "Bottled water alone can expose people to nearly as ...

Tiny plastic pieces have spread all over the planet — on land, in the air and even in clouds.An estimated 170 trillion bits of microplastic are estimated to be in the oceans alone. Across the ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Those working to reduce pollution gathered in Newport News Sunday for the ASEZ WAO 10 th annual environmental forum.. The event kicked off with a song about the Great Pacific ...

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