"Microplastics cause damage to human cells in the laboratory at the levels known to be eaten by people via their food... harm included cell death & allergic reactions & the research is the first to show this happens at levels _...Read More_

Each year, at least 100,000 animals in the sea choke or starve to death because they ingest small pieces of plastic. To explain this issue, we ask: What are microplastics? How do they end up in the ocean? Why are they so dangerous to marine _...Read More_

Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement of tiny pieces of plastic in the ocean.

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"It’s the acid rain of the 2020s." 7 trillion microplastics wash into San Francisco Bay each year, most of it from tires

As the new report says, “plastic is used as a disposable material, to such an extent that over 75 percent of all plastic ever produced is waste.”

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We now have to understand if microplastics are present in the newborn at birth and we will do it by taking the umbilical cord blood at birth, “Another important step will be to understand if microplastics are present in breast milk.”

Over 200,000 tonnes of plastic are being released into the Mediterranean Sea every year, according to a shocking new report from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature _...Read More_

polystyrene food and drink containers, to help stem the tide of plastic that is killing sea life.

The volume of microplastics from paint on steel surfaces that enter the ocean every year could be as high as 1.5-2.25 million tons, equivalent to 150-225 billion empty plastic bottles. Putting these new figures in context, they account for _...Read More_

>"There could be more than 200 million tons of minuscule plastic fragments floating across and beneath the entire Atlantic Ocean, and that’s just for three of _...Read More_

>"As face marks and coverings become compulsory worldwide, littering and their potential impact on the environment _...Read More_