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Worried about the harmful microplastics in your water? You just need to boil and strain it before consumption
Scientists find boiling tap water, then filtering it, removes up to 90% of microplastics, offering …
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10 ways to reduce your microplastic intake at home
By making small lifestyle changes at home, we can significantly reduce our exposure to these harmfu…
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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…
Ellyn Lapointe,Morgan McFall-…
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Plastic giant Tupperware is on its knees: is this good or bad for the environment?
Tupperware's recent bankruptcy filing has shocked us, mothers, and environmentalists alike. But is …
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Microplastics are clogging your arteries — and possibly increasing your risk of heart disease
Worryingly, those with plastic in their plaques are 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart att…
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All Indian salt and sugar brands have microplastics, notes a recent study
The highest levels of microplastics were found in iodised salt, in the form of multi-coloured thin …
PTI
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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…
Hilary Brueck
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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…
Hilary Brueck
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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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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…
PTI
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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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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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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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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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Microplastics can carry vomiting viruses in fresh water for up to 3 days
People have been falling ill after swimming in fresh waters, UK researchers reported. They found mi…
Andrea Michelson
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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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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…
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I research harmful microplastics. Here's what I do to keep my family safe from their toxic chemicals.
Tiny bits of plastic are in tea bags, breastmilk, and baby bottles. An expert explains how she keep…
Adrienne Matei
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Recycling doesn't keep plastic out of our stomachs, lungs, or blood, experts say
"I expect in the end, we are all exposed," said Marja Lamoree, a chemist at Vrije Universiteit behi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Microplastics from food packaging and used bottles found deep in the lungs of living people for the first time
Scientists have found tiny plastic particles in human blood and poop before. Now, they've discovere…