microplastics

Like every industry, modern farming relies heavily on plastics. Think plastic mulch lining vegetable beds, PVC pipes draining water from fields, polyethylene covering high tunnels, and plastic seed, fertilizer, and herbicide packaging, to…

Around 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year. But that is not the only water source where plastic represents a significant intrusion. "We found microplastics in every lake we sampled," said Ted Harris, associate research…

Average person inhales the equivalent of a credit card's worth of micro-plastics every WEEK, study suggests — raising risk of host of health issues like cancer and infertilityBy Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com…

Research shows humans might inhale about 16.2 bits of microplastic every hour, which is equivalent to a credit card over an entire week. And these microplastics -- tiny debris in the environment generated from the degradation of plastic…

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Scientists have been worried about the potential harms of microplastics for years. These small plastic particles less than 5 mm in length have been found everywhere because of plastic pollution -- from the Earth's deep oceans to remote…

Microplastics linked to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's can enter the brain at frightening speed, a study suggests.Researchers at Vassar College, in Upstate New York, joined an Austrian team to research whether the toxins — found in everything…

Microplastics (MPs), plastic debris smaller than 5 mm, indirectly harm the environment. They are traditionally collected and removed from water by filtering through meshes, which is inefficient. In this light, researchers from Japan have…

Colorful particles of plastic drift along under the surface of most waterways, from headwater streams to the Arctic Ocean. These barely visible microplastics -- less than 5 mm wide -- are potentially harmful to aquatic animals and plants,…

<!-- -->Highest concentration of ocean plastic is currently in North Atlantic sea, as per the study.More than 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now estimated to be floating in the world's oceans, according to a new study. A team of…