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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?===== | =====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] | [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8 by Max Kozlov 11/2/25 nature] | ||
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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. | ||
