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Hace 1 día · A growing concern regarding plastic pollution in the marine ecosystem is the use of microplastics. Microplastics are beads of plastic less than 5 millimeters wide, and they are commonly found in hand soaps, face cleansers, and other exfoliators.
27 de jun. de 2024 · Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact. By Bridget Balch, Staff Writer. June 27, 2024. When Jaime Ross, PhD, a neuroscientist and assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, decided to study how contaminating the ...
Hace 5 días · Microplastics are plastic particles less than 5 millimetres in size, originating from the breakdown of larger plastic debris and from small particles intentionally produced for commercial use, such as washing detergents and toothpaste.
17 de jun. de 2024 · The PlastChem database lists more than 20,000 plastic-related chemicals with varying levels of human exposure and health hazards. We worked with food safety experts to filter these down to 16 chemicals that 1) Americans are widely exposed to and 2) have well-researched links to adverse health effects in humans.
24 de jun. de 2024 · Plastics become microplastics become nanoplastics become non-plastic. Microplastics right now — and to a lesser extent nanoplastics — are treated as a generic catch bucket, the end of the road for plastic pollution. But it isn’t — it’s just a stop along the way.
8 de jun. de 2024 · Microplastics are the ‘new face’ of Australia’s marine plastics crisis, making up a quarter of all items littering the nation’s urban habitats – more-than 10 times ‘traditional offenders’ like plastic bags and bottles – the past three years.
Hace 3 días · 20 minute read. July 3, 2024 7:00 AM EDT. This story was reported with support from the Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Network. Whenever the growing pile of plastic waste in front of her door ...
