Airborne microplastics aid in cloud formation
It turns out microplastics have an effect on the weather and climate.
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Read more: The Most Disturbing Places We’ve Found Microplastics So FarScientists first found microplastics, those tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, on British beaches in 2004. In the 20 years since, the world has watched on in horror as microplastics began turning up in virtually every nook and cranny on…
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Scientists Find Microplastics in Human and Dog Testicles
Read more: Scientists Find Microplastics in Human and Dog TesticlesIt seems that nobody—and no body part—is safe from microplastics. In a recent study, researchers found traces of plastic in the testicles of both dogs and humans. The potential health impacts of this discovery are not yet clear, but the team suggests i…
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Detergent Pods Are Just the Start of Clothing’s Microplastic Pollution Problem
Read more: Detergent Pods Are Just the Start of Clothing’s Microplastic Pollution ProblemThis story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Read more…
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A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of Microplastics
Read more: A New Film at SXSW Warns of the Potential Harm of MicroplasticsAt SXSW, a documentary traces the arc of plastics in our lives, and highlights evolving research of the potential harm of its presence in our bodies.
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Billions of Plastic Bags Avoided Since New Bans, Report Finds
Read more: Billions of Plastic Bags Avoided Since New Bans, Report FindsThis story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Read more…
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Bottled Water Contains 100 Times More Plastic Particles Than Previously Thought
Read more: Bottled Water Contains 100 Times More Plastic Particles Than Previously ThoughtThis story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Read more…
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Plastic is everywhere, including our food and bottled water
Read more: Plastic is everywhere, including our food and bottled waterMicroplastics in our steak and tofu are washed down with nanoplastics from bottled water.
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Hurricane Larry dumped 100,000 microplastics per sq. meter on Newfoundland each day
Read more: Hurricane Larry dumped 100,000 microplastics per sq. meter on Newfoundland each dayIt’s another sign of how plasticized our environment has become.
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Microplastics Could Be Affecting the Weather, Too
Read more: Microplastics Could Be Affecting the Weather, TooNew research this week is the latest to show that microplastics have polluted just about everywhere on Earth. Scientists discovered plastic particles in cloud samples collected from atop a mountain in Eastern China. The team also found evidence from la…
