Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice
It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...
7,000 Microplastics Studies Reveal the Massive Scope of the Problem
It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...
'Widespread Harm' Warning as Microplastic Pollution May Double by 2040
"Everywhere we look, we have found plastics. From remote locations across the globe to the inside our own bodies," Joel ...
WHYY1d
Rutgers researchers are exploring the impact of microplastics on the digestive system
The university received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will fund the five-year study.
The Cost of Avoiding Microplastics
As it stands, though, individuals are left to mediate their own relationship to plastic, in a world where plastic is the ...
Study shows alarming cost of failing to act now on plastic pollution
Even if the world stopped producing new plastic, existing waste will continue to break down into tiny particles, doubling the pollution, a review of two decades of research warns ...
Rutgers University3d
Rutgers Receives $3.2 Million from NIH to Study Micronanoplastics in the Digestive System
Rutgers received a $3.2 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of micronanoplastics ...
Alaska Native News1d
Scientists Who First Identified Threat of Microplastics Say World Must Now Act
During the 20 years since our first study, the amount of plastic in our oceans has increased by around 50%, only further ...
A possible explanation for the 'missing plastic problem': New detection technique finds microplastics in coral skeletons
Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy ...
UPI6d
Study: Breathing might bring microplastics into brain
Advertisement The particles were likely breathed in over a lifetime, since tiny floating microplastics are ubiquitous in the air. Although ... the total level of plastic particles may be much ...
New Jersey Business2d
Rutgers Gets $3.2M to Study Micronanoplastics in the Digestive System
Rutgers University received a $3.2 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of ...
CNN6d
Microplastics found in nose tissue at base of brain, study says
Tiny plastic shards and fibers were found in the ... “A large proportion of the microplastics present in the air are fibers that come from clothing with synthetic fabrics and everyday objects ...