Microplastics now pollute remote Chagos manta ray feeding areas – Oceanographic
The findings raise real concern among scientists over the growing pressures faced by reef manta rays – a filter feeding species – now at growing risk of ingesting microplastics and suffering the, as yet, not-fully-determined physical consequences.
How to reduce microplastic exposure and protect your health – Yale Climate Connections
“The moment you open a plastic water bottle, around 50,000 microplastic particles fall into your beverage – not counting the plastic that’s leached from being stored in heat before it hits the fridge,” says Jane van Dis, an OB-GYN and plastics and health expert…
Common chemicals in plastic linked to over 350,000 deaths from heart disease – the Washington Post
Researchers estimate that exposure to phthalates contributes to 13 percent of all heart disease deaths in people between ages 55 and 64 each year worldwide…
Deep-Diving Whales Mistake Plastic for Prey – PBS North Carolina
To Whales, Our Plastic Debris Sounds Like Dinner…
‘Underwater avalanches’ are creating ocean microplastics hotspots – Oceanographic
Scientists from The University of Manchester and the National Oceanography Centre have found that fast-moving ‘underwater avalanches’ known as turbidity currents are moving vast quantities of microplastics pollution to areas of high biodiversity…
How to eat and drink fewer microplastics – the Washington Post
The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp…
Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples – the Guardian
The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp…
In a first, scientists find microplastics are building up deep in our brains – the Washington Post
A new study shows that microplastics have crossed the blood-brain barrier — and that their numbers are rising…
What’s the deal with microplastics, the material that ‘never goes away’? – SCOPE – Stanford Medicine
They’re in the water we drink, the food we eat, the clothes we wear and the air we breathe. They’ve pervaded every ecosystem in the world, from coral reefs to Antarctic ice. And they’ve infiltrated the human body, lodging themselves in everything from brain tissue to reproductive organs…