the amount of plastic for the better part of 80 years. And scientists are finding that maps perfectly to that exponential rise in production. The exponential contamination of microplastics in the environment. They can go and look through something like ocean sediments off the coast of Southern ...
The research isn’t nearly complete, and the science is evolving. Still, a consensus is forming among those in the field: The threat of microplastics to some of our body functions is real, and it is growing. “We humans have to decide what to do with the knowledge that we are a littl...
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There are some obvious ways to prevent microplastics from entering the environment, like not littering. And as we learn more about the problem, we are discovering different ways microplastics enter the environment, such as through the laundry. Let’s explore how we can help keep microplastics from...
The global problem of the presence of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in the environment is under investigation. Despite the increase in the knowledge
Microplastics are turning up everywhere, fromremote mountain topstodeep ocean trenches. They also are inmany animals,including humans. The most common microplastics in the environment aremicrofibers—plastic fragments shaped like tiny threads or filaments. Microfibers come from m...
When he stumbled upon a University of Toronto website examining high traces of microplastics in Lake Ontario it got his mind thinking. "What I wanted to understand is how do these plastics firstly get into Lake Ontar...
“Most of the toxicology studies on microplastics published so far have used polystyrene beads,” which are smooth and spherical. (3) Unfortunately, the microplastics flooding our environment are very different. According to Christie Sayes, a professor of environmental science at Baylor University, the...
What can be done to combat microplastics? For consumers, there are a number of steps to be taken to reduce the amounts of microplastics that they are either ingesting or releasing into the environment. These include: Ditching bottled water for a refillable water bottle, preferably made of stain...
Bacteria degrades bioplastic much more rapidly than conventional plastic, but that releases both methane and carbon dioxide – greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. It also breaks down into microplastics, meaning it gets...