Over time, plastics break into smaller and smaller fragments called microplastics and — when they’re invisible to the naked eye — nanoplastics. The human body’s mechanisms for expelling foreign ...
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Global plastic crisis ‘worse than fossil fuels’ — $1.5 trillion peril is killing humans and planet
Plastic is all around us. It’s in our homes, our schools, our cars, and even in our food and water. But a new report has revealed something shocking: this everyday material is causing serious harm—and ...
It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ. The ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. “Plastic pollution has been found on every continent and in every ocean, in people, terrestrial wildlife and marine wildlife,” said Leslie B. Hart, ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The film follows journalist Ziya Tong as she learns the latest science on microplastics and examines the microplastic pollution in her own body.
Research reveals how invisible nanoparticles manipulate cellular messengers, undermining your gut’s delicate microbiome, raising new questions about the unseen health risks of environmental ...
Spread the loveIntroduction A groundbreaking study has shed light on a previously uncharted territory of human health: the ...
Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...
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We eat, drink and breathe plastic and now it's in our brains. These are the health risks, warns expert
Simple ways to combat the invisible invasion of microplastics ...
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