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...
Let’s face it, we’re not going to completely get rid of plastic from our lives, nor would we want to. But with the equivalent of 2,000 rubbish trucks full of plastic dumped into the world’s oceans and rivers every...
Matt Simon(@mrmattsimon) is a science writer atWiredmagazine and the author ofA Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies. What We Discuss with Matt Simon: Microplastics contain a cocktail of toxic chemicals, many of which are linked to diseases like diabetes...
The impact of microplastics on our world is daunting; but every step we take to curb the creation of more microplastics, while also reducing how much of them...
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Yoo began connecting the dots, tracing those microplastics — tiny shards of plastic that form from the breakdown of larger plastic items — back to their source. Or rather, their many, many sources. Yoo was soon seeing plastic throughout her life: It held her child's vitamins, her toothpas...
To make Sun Bum a success, Rinks recruited a group of surfers to help him build the brand in Cocoa Beach, Florida: the brand’s magic people. “They became the authenticity,” he says. “I just put the pieces together, but they are the ones that are testing it. They’re the ones...
s population has animmune response genethat inhibits their ability to metabolize and get rid of flushed their system of those mycotoxins. And you may be one of that 25%, but even if you’re not, your body is still susceptible to mycotoxins and you definitely don’t want to be consuming ...
it will likely end up in a landfill. There, it will eventually break down intomicroplasticsthat will just sit there for eternity — or worse, leach out into the environment. So the next time you think it’s fine to buy plastics because they can be recycled, remember they’re usually recy...
Regulators reported in the 1980s that the men in charge of getting rid of the DDT waste sometimes took shortcuts and just dumped it closer to shore. And when the barrels were too buoyant to sink on their own, one report said, the crews simply punctured them. ...