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=====Are you breathing plastic air at home? Here’s how microplastics are polluting our lungs===== | |||
[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/06/microplastic-pollution-in-air-pollutes-our-lungs/ by Kevin Luo 4/6/18 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM] | |||
Research shows that many of the microplastics in our bodies come from the air we breathe – not just from drinking bottled water or eating fish from polluted oceans. Due to their small size, microplastics can be inhaled and may induce a wide range of diseases including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, as well as cancer. | |||
====='Punch in the gut' as scientists find micro plastic in Arctic ice===== | ====='Punch in the gut' as scientists find micro plastic in Arctic ice===== | ||
[https://www.reuters.com/article/world/punch-in-the-gut-as-scientists-find-micro-plastic-in-arctic-ice-idUSKCN1V41UY/ by Matthew Green 14/8/19 Reuters] | [https://www.reuters.com/article/world/punch-in-the-gut-as-scientists-find-micro-plastic-in-arctic-ice-idUSKCN1V41UY/ by Matthew Green 14/8/19 Reuters] | ||
