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=====Your Laundry Sheds Harmful Microfibers. Here’s What You Can Do About It.===== | |||
[https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/reduce-laundry-microfiber-pollution/ by Katie Okamoto 5/8/21 Wirecutter] | |||
My happy place is that chaotic zone of salt and spray where the beach meets the sea, a place of coming and going, flux and exchange. I love to dig my toes into the suctioning sand and feel the swirl of a receding wave. Though often my feet find sharp things in the soft sand—not just gravel and pebbles but also, increasingly and overwhelmingly, plastic. I try to collect the shards, the bits of aquas, whites, and teals, but soon I give up, angry and defeated. There is too much. So much of it is too tiny to hold or even see. | |||
=====Microplastics Pervade Even Top-Quality Streams in Pennsylvania, Study Finds===== | =====Microplastics Pervade Even Top-Quality Streams in Pennsylvania, Study Finds===== | ||
[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15112022/microplastics-pennsylvania-quality-streams/ by Jon Hurdle 15/11/22 Inside Climate News] | [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15112022/microplastics-pennsylvania-quality-streams/ by Jon Hurdle 15/11/22 Inside Climate News] | ||
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In Microplastics, a Reporter Sees the Big Picture
By Nina Agrawal 25/04/2025 The New York Times
As a health reporter covering chronic diseases for The New York Times, I often get ideas for articles from new medical research. And as someone who grew up near the ocean, I have long been aware of the vast amounts of plastic we as a society use and throw away — and the detrimental effects that such waste can have on the environment.
So in February, when I came across a study about the buildup of microplastics inside of human brains and other tissue, I was immediately curious.
In the study, researchers at the University of New Mexico described a novel way to identify and measure the amount of microplastics inside human bodies. They also showed that over time, as the amount of plastic in the environment has increased, so too has the level of microplastics in our brains.
