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Almost 16 Million Tons of Microplastic Are Embedded In The Seafloor

Plastic waste is a visibly growing problem for the environment, especially the ocean. Debris can be seen scattered across shorelines of once-pristine beaches, a sign of how much is making its way into the seas. Over time, the plastic degrades and breaks apart into microplastics – fragments about the size...

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Fruits And Vegetables Now Have Microplastics In Them

Microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic made by larger pieces degrading and breaking apart, have made their way into our fruits and vegetables now. Last year’s research found that we may be eating a credit card worth of plastic a week, but this new study with the products shows that we’re...

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Here’s Where The World’s Plastic Waste Ends Up

Out of the 10 million tons of plastic waste that enters the ocean each year, we only see 1% of it – the portion that floats on the surface of the water. So, where is the other 99% of it? New studies show that ocean plastic is either pushed back...

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Opening A Bag of Chips Releases Thousands of Microplastic Particles

Microplastics are microscopic. That’s why you don’t notice the thousands of microplastics that flake off when you open up a bag of chips or a plastic bottle. It sounds disgusting, right? These tiny pieces of plastic range from 0.001 to 5 millimeters in size and are usually formed directly or...

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'cause, y'know, far right extremists aren't enough, a study of 62 placental samples found microplastics in every one of them, reports Damian Carrington for The Guardian.

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"...the most common plastic detected was polyethylene, which is used to make plastic bags and bottles. A second study revealed microplastics in all 17 human arteries tested and suggested the particles may be linked to clogging of the blood vessels...

Prof Matthew Campen, at the University of New Mexico, US, who led the research, said: 'If we are seeing effects on placentas, then all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted. That’s not good.'

He said the growing concentration of microplastics in human tissue could explain puzzling increases in some health problems, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colon cancer in people under 50, and declining sperm counts. A 2021 study found people with IBD had 50% more microplastics in their faeces."

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