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=====Microplastics are everywhere: Is it possible to reduce our exposure?===== | |||
[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240110-microplastics-are-everywhere-is-it-possible-to-reduce-our-exposure by Isabelle Gerretsen 6/3/24 BBC] | |||
Microplastics have been found on every part of the planet. The tiny particles of this anthropogenic material have been found buried in Antarctic sea ice, inside the guts of marine animals inhabiting the deepest ocean trenches, and in drinking water around the world. | |||
=====Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?===== | |||
[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8 by Max Kozlov 11/2/25 nature] | |||
A sliver of human brain in a small vial starts to melt as lye is added to it. Over the next few days, the caustic chemical will break down the neurons and blood vessels within, leaving behind a grisly slurry containing thousands of tiny plastic particles. | |||
=====Microplastics Are Filling the Skies. Will They Affect the Climate?===== | |||
[https://e360.yale.edu/features/plastic-waste-atmosphere-climate-weather by Nicola Jones 1/2/23 YaleEnvironment] | |||
Plastic has become an obvious pollutant over recent decades, choking turtles and seabirds, clogging up our landfills and waterways. But in just the past few years, a less-obvious problem has emerged. Researchers are starting to get concerned about how tiny bits of plastic in the air, lofted into the skies from seafoam bubbles or spinning tires on the highway, might potentially change our future climate. | |||
=====Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains===== | =====Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains===== | ||
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 by Alexander J. Nihart 3/2/25 nature medicine] | [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 by Alexander J. Nihart 3/2/25 nature medicine] | ||
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[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16052025/texas-microplastic-bay-pollution/ by Dylan Baddour 16/5/25 Inside Climate News] | [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16052025/texas-microplastic-bay-pollution/ by Dylan Baddour 16/5/25 Inside Climate News] | ||
The first study of microplastics in Texas coastal sediment was funded through a local environmental activist’s landmark legal victory over plastic pollution, one of many such research projects. | The first study of microplastics in Texas coastal sediment was funded through a local environmental activist’s landmark legal victory over plastic pollution, one of many such research projects. | ||
