Glitter's Environmental Impact: A Microplastic Menace and Metallic Threat to Aquatic Plants

Medicine & Technology Mar 03, 2024

The study from the Federal University of São Carlos reveals that the metal in glitter hinders photosynthesis, impacting primary aquatic plant growth. Read the article for more details.

How to Reduce Microplastics in Tap Water? Expert Shares Easy Way to Remove 90% of Tiny Plastic

Feb 29, 2024

You can easily remove most microplastics from tap water by doing this. Continue reading to learn more.

Microplastics Found in Clouds for the First Time: Experts Warn About Their Contribution to Climate Change

Oct 04, 2023

Japanese researchers discovered that microplastics are also present in clouds, possibly affecting climate change. Continue reading the article to find out more.

Ocean Pollution Peak: 171 Trillion Pieces of Plastic Clog Global Waters

Mar 11, 2023

If urgent policy interventions are not executed, ocean plastic pollution numbers could triple by 2040. Read to learn more.

Scientists Find Microplastics in Milk, Meat, Blood of Livestock Animals [STUDY]

Jul 12, 2022

For the first time, microplastic contamination has been found in milk, red meat, and farm animals' blood. Keep reading to learn more.

First Ever Study Analyzes Adverse Health Effects of Different Microplastic Concentration on Human Cells

Dec 10, 2021

Researchers discover, in a first of its kind study, the adverse effects of microplastic concentrations on human cells.

Microfiber Pollution Affecting Mussels Have Implications for Larger Marine Species

Oct 02, 2020

Microfiber pollution in the form of laundry lint has serious effects on the health of mussels. Alongside chemical pollutants, a new study reveals implications of microplastic pollution affecting large marine species such as whales and dolphins

Researchers Want to Create 'An Atlas of Human Pollution'

Aug 18, 2020

Researchers discover microplastics in the organs of cadaver donors, revealing that everyone inevitably ingests plastic pollution. The team from Arizona State University hope to create 'an atlas of human pollution' to show how much of the organs are exposed to microplastic particles.

Laser-Cut Textiles Significantly Reduce Microfiber Pollution

Aug 10, 2020

Changing production processes in the textile industry can significantly reduce how much microplastic fibers find their way in water systems and eventually in food supplies. Researchers compare the difference between scissor-cut textiles and laser-cut textiles.

Microplastic Pollution Rains on Protected National Parks and Has Become Airborne

Jun 12, 2020

Scientists discover a surprising amount of microplastic, making its way in the air we breathe and rain that even affects isolated national parks.

Magnetic Coils Created To Break Down Plastics In Ocean

Aug 13, 2019

There are more plastics in the ocean than the stars in the whole of the Milky Way galaxy.

Where Microplastics in the Human Body Come From

Jul 18, 2019

Scientists found out that fecal samples from eight people have microplastics in it.

Plastics In the Ocean Is Killing Life Under The Sea

Jun 10, 2019

Microplastics may be found on land and in the air, but most of it are deep down in the ocean more than 650 feet below the surface.

We Could Be Inhaling Plastic and Don't Know It

Apr 19, 2019

Microplastics have been found to pollute the air as much as it does the oceans.