New research focused on an "overlooked" aspect of microplastic pollution, revealing how rainfall can significantly increase contamination in freshwater.
Follow, research and publish the best content
Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
Already have an account: Login
Operation Deimos
17.7K views |
+17 today
 Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Study detects synergistic effect making substances more dangerous, raising alarm since humans are exposed to both 
Scoop.it!
Microplastic particles turned up in the vast majority of waste samples taken from Hong Kong wildlife in a Greenpeace study, the group said Monday, suggesting that animals still ingest plastics even if they are not feeding in urban areas.
Scoop.it!
Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile...
Scoop.it!
Microplastics are increasingly found in fresh water across the country. Researchers are just beginning to understand the consequences.
Scoop.it!
A study has detected microplastics in the lung tissue of living people for the first time, and much deeper than the researchers expected.
Scoop.it!
If the word 'microplastics' conjures up thoughts of straws, sea turtles, and thoughts that the world has bigger problems, you're definitely not alone. It's in the name: although they are strictly defined as plastic particles measuring five millimeters or less, most microplastics are microscopic in...
|
Scoop.it!
From
thehill
Humans are likely inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously assumed, scientists are warning. People may be breathing in about 100 times more of these tiny fragments than past estimates indicated — from sources based both outside and indoors, including in homes and cars, researchers revealed in a new study, published on Wednesday…
Scoop.it!
More than 14 million metric tons of microplastics are estimated to be lying on the ocean floor with the fashion industry among the worst pollutants.
Scoop.it!
Researchers have discovered microplastic pieces in samples of the human brain at higher levels than expected.
Scoop.it!
A new study has noted concentrations of microplastics in Melosira arctica, a type of algae that grows underneath sea ice in the Arctic.
Scoop.it!
Certain viruses can stay infectious for three days by attaching themselves to microplastics in a freshwater environment.
Scoop.it!
Microplastics were found in human blood in a recent scientific study.
|
