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2 teens won $50,000 for inventing a device that can filter toxic microplastics from water

Two 17-year-olds created a new device to successfully filter microplastics from water using ultraso…

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Plastic testes: Scientists analyse human testicles, find microplastics in every single one of them!

Eat right, exercise, get adequate sleep, manage your stress, avoid smoking and limit alcohol — thes…

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Microplastics found in penis muscle for the first time. It could be linked to erectile dysfunction.

Scientists are suspicious that there might be a connection between fewer erections and more plastic…

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This UK company is selling chips in a fully biodegradable “paper” bag; is this the future of single-use packaging?

The plastic alternative can be recycled, re-pulped, composted, and even breaks down in anaerobic en…

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Microplastics have been found in human testicles. Now what?

New research suggests microplastics have crossed a unique blood barrier in human testicles. An expe…

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Microplastics floating through our clouds could soon start changing the Earth's rainfall and weather patterns

These minuscule plastic pieces have the potential to accumulate water, effectively creating clouds.…

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OPINION: Planet vs Plastics — A multi-stakeholder approach to clean up the Earth

Life cycle assessment of plastic reveals that petroleum-based plastics can be recycled three to fou…

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Ultra-strong spider silk made by silkworms injected with spider DNA could be the answer to our sustainable fibre problem

Using gene-editing technology, researchers modified the DNA of silkworms so that their silk-produci…

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55 tons of ocean plastic collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be recycled into Kia’s electric vehicles!

Kia has already begun upcycling plastic in many car parts, such as the EV9 model which incorporates…

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Microplastics may pose risk to Indo-Gangetic plain: Study

Polymers in microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain, a study on the Ganga and Yamu…

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More and more microplastics are being deposited in our noses and throats, which could lead to serious health risks

Breathing conditions and microplastic size influenced the overall microplastic deposition rate in a…

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World's first weather report to include 'plastic rain' forecasts 50 kg of microplastic falls over Paris

According to the report, the city will experience about 40-48 kilograms of free-floating plastic bi…

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Microplastics have been linked to a higher risk of heart attacks and stroke for the first time

This is the first time microplastics have been linked to health problems in humans, following decad…

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Plastic recycling plants could end up dumping lakhs of kilograms of microplastics in water bodies, study finds

During the cleaning process, the plastic items are washed with water several times to rid them of a…

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Tiny plastic shards are tearing through the digestive tracts of wild birds and causing permanent scarring

Scientists have discovered that wild birds have been consuming an inordinate amount of plastics, bi…

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New Zealand's air contains over 3 million plastic bottles worth of microplastics: study

Polyethylene was the major substance detected, followed by polycarbonate and polyethylene terephtha…

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Even ‘biodegradable’ plastics may not be enough to protect fish from doom, new research suggests

Previous studies have revealed that both traditional and biopolymer microplastic exposure can influ…

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The Earth's 'blood pressure' is too high, and we are inching closer to a heart attack: new report warns

A new report card has shown that we have breached six of nine planetary boundaries, putting enormou…

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Microplastics make its way to water trapped in plant leaf: Study

Microplastics have been detected near the peak of Mount Everest, in the Mariana Trench, Antarctica'…

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Marine litter is mostly plastic and is all set to triple by 2040

Did you know that 9-14 million tonnes of plastic ended up in oceans by 2016, forming 60-90 per cent…