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Tag: PFAS

How to reduce microplastic exposure and protect your health – Yale Climate Connections

Disposable Planet (Explore) by Yam Amir CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr.

“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…

Deep-Diving Whales Mistake Plastic for Prey – PBS North Carolina

Curious humpback whale inspecting diver (courtesy NOAA Photo Library CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

To Whales, Our Plastic Debris Sounds Like Dinner…

‘Underwater avalanches’ are creating ocean microplastics hotspots – Oceanographic

A shoal of Striped Mackerel filter feeding amongst loads of plastic waste (by Naja Bertolt Jensen from Unsplash).

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

Close-up of plastic water bottles (Courtesy of PxHere.com)

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…

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